Nørager Municipality | |
Native Name: | Nørager 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: | Poul Larsen (Last) |
Seat: | Nørager |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Area Total Km2: | 628 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 5,565 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | 1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | 2 |
Nørager Municipality is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Nordjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.[1] The former Nørager municipality covered an area of 168 km², and had a total population of 5,565 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Larsen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.
On 1 January 2007 Nørager municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Skørping and Støvring municipalities to form the new Rebild Municipality.[1] This created a municipality with an area of 628 km² and a total population of 28,457 (2005).
Name | Party | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Ernst Wadgaard | Venstre | 1970 - 1978 | |
Niels Juel Jensen | Venstre | 1978 - 1990 | |
Jens Ove Hansen | Venstre | 1990 - 1998 | |
Poul Larsen | Konservative | 1998 - 2007 |