Until January 1, 2007, Aulum-Haderup was a municipality (
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Ringkjøbing County
Ringkjøbing Amt (English, ''Ringkjøbing County'') is a former county ( Danish: ''amt'') on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, ...
on the
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peninsula in west
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 247 km², and had a total population of 6,730 (2005). Its latest mayor was Christian Dam Larsen, 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
Aulum
Aulum or Avlum is a railway town situated between Holstebro and Herning in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland, with a population of 3,247 (1 January 2023).''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). On January 1 2007 it was merged with former Herning, Trehøje, and Aaskov 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
Region Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...