Farsø Municipality Explained

Farsø Municipality
Native Name:Farsø Kommune
Settlement Type:Former municipalities of Denmark
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Region of North Jutland
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:H.O.A. Kjeldsen Last
Seat:Farsø
Seat Type:Seat
Established Title2:Current municipality
Established Date2:January 1, 2007
Area Total Km2:201.32
Population As Of:2007
Population Total:7,991
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:2

Until 1 January 2007 Farsø Municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991 (2005). Its last mayor was H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

Farsø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).. It was merged with Løgstør, Aalestrup, and Aars municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

History

Strandby-Farsø parish Municipality built a municipal office in the town of Farsø in 1941. Following the municipal reform in 1970, where the municipality of Farsø was established by merging with other parish municipalities, it was still used for the administration of the municipality until 1989, when a new town hall was put into service. Farsø Municipality was part of the municipal reform in 2007 where it formed the Vesthimmerland Municipality.

Mayor

PeriodNameParty
1970–1978Bernhard Nielsen-ManLokalliste
1978-1982Erik Rabøl JørgensenLokalliste
1982–1986Bernhard Nielsen-ManVenstre
1986-1990Erik Rabøl JørgensenLokalliste
1990-1998Det Konservative Folkeparti
1998-2007Venstre

References

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