Galten Municipality Explained

Galten Municipality
Native Name:Galten Kommune
Native Name Lang:da
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Aarhus County
Seat:Galten
Area Land Km2:72.73
Pushpin Map:Denmark
Coordinates:56.1564°N 9.905°W
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:11,086
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:2
Established Title:Created
Established Date:1970
Extinct Title:Merged
Extinct Date:2007

Until 1 January 2007 Galten municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) 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 (2005). Its last mayor was Jens Grønlund, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Galten.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a Danish: kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following parishes: Galten, Sjelle, Skivholme, Skovby, Skørring, Stjær, and Storring parishes.

Galten municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). 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 (2005) in Region Midtjylland.

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