Until 1 January 2007 Aaskov Municipality was a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in Ringkøbing County on the

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peninsula in west

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. The municipality covered an area of 239 km², and had a total population of 6,999 (2005). Its latest mayor was Jørgen Jørgensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Kibæk. Another town in the municipality was Sdr. Felding. Aaskov municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). On January 1, 2007 it was merged with former

Aulum-Haderup Until January 1, 2007, Aulum-Haderup was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 247 km², and had a total population of 6,730 (2005). Its latest m ...

, Herning, and Trehøje municipalities to form the new Herning municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,336 km² and a total population of 82,935 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the

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("Mid-Jutland Region").

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* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
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KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
{{Coord, 55.370222, N, 10.715558, E, display=title Former municipalities of Denmark