Nørager Municipality Explained

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).

Mayors of Nørager

NamePartyTime
Ernst WadgaardVenstre1970 - 1978
Niels Juel JensenVenstre1978 - 1990
Jens Ove HansenVenstre1990 - 1998
Poul LarsenKonservative1998 - 2007

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lindhart . Charlotte . 1970-2007 i Rebild Kommune . Trap Danmark . 2017-07-01 . da . 2024-02-13.