Until 1 January 2007 Purhus municipality was a municipality (
Danish
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, ''
kommune'') in the former
Aarhus County
Aarhus County or Århus County ( da, Århus Amt) is a former county of Denmark ( Danish: ''amt'') on the Jutland peninsula. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Århus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effectiv ...
on the
Jutland
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peninsula in central
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 169 km
2, and had a total population of 8,547 (2005). Its last mayor was Berner Nielsen, a member of the
Social Democrats
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(''Socialdemokraterne'')
political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of
Fårup.
Purhus municipality ceased to exist as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing
Nørhald,
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).[Langå
Langå, is a railway town in central Denmark with a population of 2.811 (2022), located in Randers municipality in Region Midtjylland in Jutland. It was the site of the municipal council of the now former Langå municipality, until 1 January 2007. ...]
,
Mariager, and
Sønderhald— to form an enlarged Randers municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 793 km
2 and a total population of 96,409 (2005). The municipality belongs to
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 ...
("Mid-Jutland Region").
External links
The new Randers municipality's official website (Danish only)
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMDaka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
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Former municipalities of Denmark
Randers Municipality