Galten Municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Galten municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 72.73 km2, and had a total population of 11,086. Its last mayor was Jens Grønlund, a member of the Venstre political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Galten.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform that combined the following parishes: Galten, Sjelle, Skivholme, Skovby, Skørring, Stjær, and Storring parishes.
Galten municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen. It was merged with existing Hørning, Ry, and Skanderborg municipalities to form the new Skanderborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 416 km2 and a total population of 49,469 in Region Midtjylland.
