Until 1 January 2007, Bjerringbro municipality was a municipality (
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, ''
kommune'') in
Viborg County
Viborg Amt () is a former county ( Danish: ''amt'') in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark
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on the
Jutland
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peninsula in northern
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 207 km², and had a total population of 13,922 (2005). Its latest mayor was Poul Vesterbæk, a member of the
Venstre (Liberal Party)
political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Bjerringbro
Bjerringbro is a railway town located at the railway line between Viborg and Randers and lying on both sides of the Gudenå (''River Guden''). Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Bjerringbro Municipality and today, with ...
.
Bjerringbro municipality ceased to exist as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Fjends,
Karup
Karup is a town in Viborg Municipality, Denmark.
Notable people
* Morten Bødskov
Morten Bødskov (born 1 May 1970 in Karup) is a Danish Social Democratic politician, and member of the Folketing, currently serving as the Minister for Busine ...
,
Møldrup,
Tjele, and
Viborg municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,390 km² and a total population of 88,945 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the
Region Midtjylland
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("Mid-Jutland Region").
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References
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