Vesthimmerland Municipality or Vesthimmerlandøs Municipality is a municipality ( da, kommune) in the

North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 38,277 inhabitants (2008). The Municipality borders

Jammerbugt Municipality Jammerbugt Municipality is a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the North Jutland Region on the North Jutlandic Island. It is located along the coast of Skagerrak to the north and the Limfjord to the south. It borders the municipalities of This ...

to the south and to the east it borders Rebild and

Aalborg Municipality Aalborg Municipality is a municipality in Region Nordjylland, North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The ...

and to the south it borders

Viborg Municipality Viborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 94,622 (1 April 2014). Søren Pape Pou ...

and to the south-east it borders

Mariagerfjord Municipality Mariagerfjord is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 723.63 km² (2011) and a has a population of 42,093 (2014). On 1 January 2007 Mariagerfjord municipality was created as the res ...

. On 1 January 2007 Vesthimmerland municipality was created as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of

Aalestrup Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,780 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark. Facilities Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After grade ...

Farsø Farsø is a town with a population of 3,349 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland Municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village of ...

Løgstør Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,967 (1 January 2022) It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 1800s for fishermen and sailo ...

, and

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)Aars Municipality Aars Municipality was formed by Kommunalreformen in 1970, which made the parishes into municipalities. Before the Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007, ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform") of 2007, it was a municipality (Dan ...

Four principal towns

The municipality's four principal towns (''hovedbyer'') are

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)Farsø Farsø is a town with a population of 3,349 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland Municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village of ...

, all of them were former municipal seats of their former municipalities.

Aars

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporar ...

and was the principal town of

Aars Municipality Aars Municipality was formed by Kommunalreformen in 1970, which made the parishes into municipalities. Before the Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007, ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform") of 2007, it was a municipality (Dan ...

. It has a population of 8,246.

Farsø

is a town with a population of 3,299 in

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

in the Vesthimmerland municipality. It is located west of Aars, south of Løgstør, and north-west of Aalestrup. Until 1 January 2007 Farsø was also a municipality 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 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991.

Løgstør

is a town with a population of 4,284 and the former seat of Løgstør municipality. It is located north-west of the other principal towns. The former municipality, including the island of

Livø Livø () is a 320-hectare Danish island with approximately 10-year-round residents. The island is located centrally in the Limfjord, about 20 minutes by boat from Rønbjerg, and approximately midway between Nykøbing Mors, Løgstør, Fjerritslev ...

, covered an area of 218 km2 (84 sq mi), and had a total population of 10,270.

Aalestrup

is a town in Vesthimmerland municipality with a population of 2,729. It is the furthest south of all the four principal towns. Aalestrup School has 294 students. It was also a municipal seat until 2007.

Municipality's largest towns

Mayors of Vesthhimmerland

Former municipalities

Aars Municipality

The municipality covers an area of 223 km², and had a total population of 13,284 (2005). Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'')

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Farsø Municipality

The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991 (2005). Its last mayor was H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

Løgstør Municipality

The municipality, including the island of

, covered an area of , and had a total population of 10,270 (2005). Its last mayor was

Jens Lauritzen Jens Lauritzen (born December 3, 1953) is a Danish politician who has been Mayor of the Vesthimmerland Municipality from 2006 to 2010, he is/was from Venstre. Lauritzen is educated in agriculture. Since 1981 he has been an independent farmer, but ...

, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)

Aalestrup Municipality

The municipality covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 7,631 (2005). Its latest mayor was Rigmor Sandborg. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of

. The municipality was located on the eastern shores of the area known as ''

Himmerland Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, A ...

'', a part of the Jutland peninsula; the western border of the municipality was partially defined by the waters of Lovn's Broadening (''Lovns Bredning'').

Politics

Municipal council

Næstved's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Notable people

Not including people included on the Wiki pages for their own towns and villages elsewhere in the municipality * Knud Erik Pedersen, (Danish Wiki) (born 1934 in Skarp Salling near

) a Danish author. * Gert Bo Jacobsen (born 1961 in Østrup near

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
{{Authority control Municipalities of the North Jutland Region Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007