Hals Municipality ceased to exist on January 1, 2007, due to Kommunalreformen It was located in

North Jutland County North Jutland County ( da, Nordjyllands Amt) is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, ...

. The municipality covered an area of 191 km², and had a total population of 11,448 (2005). Its last mayor was Bent Sørensen, a member of the

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(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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. Though Hals was the biggest town, the site of its municipal council was the town of

Gandrup Gandrup is a small Danish town in Region Nordjylland with a population of 1,573 (1 January 2022).Vester Hassing Vester Hassing is a Danish town in North Jutland, Denmark immediately north of the Limfjord, and a part of Aalborg Municipality and Region Nordjylland. The town is situated 17 km to the east from Aalborg, where the majority of the citizens ...

, Ulsted and

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and some minor villages Stae, Øster Hassing, Holtet, Gåser and Ålebæk. Hals municipality ceased to exist due to ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with

Nibe Nibe is a town with a population of 5,433 (1 January 2022),Sejlflod Sejlflod Municipality was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 208 km2, and had a total population of 9,394 ...

, and

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municipalities to form the new Aalborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,171 km² and a total population of ca. 192,353.

External links

Aalborg municipality's website

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
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KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
Former municipalities of Denmark Aalborg Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub