Aars Municipality


Aars Municipality was formed by Kommunalreformen in 1970, which made the parishes into municipalities. Before the Kommunalreformen of 2007, it was a municipality in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 223 km², and had a total population of 13,284. Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party political party. On January 1, 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the former Farsø, Løgstør, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality, with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176.

Mayors

PeriodNameParty
1970–1971Holger MikkelsenVenstre
1971-1974Niels Nystrup HaugårdVenstre
1974-1982Alfred RaskVenstre
1982-1986Martin GlerupSocialdemokratiet
1986-1990Ejvind NielsenVenstre
1990-2002Per NørgaardVenstre
2002-2007Knud Vældgaard KristensenDet Konservative Folkeparti

The parishes

Aars municipality was made up of the following parishes:
Many of them came from the Aars district in the Aalborg Amt.

Twin cities