Karup municipality was a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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until 1 January 2007. The municipality covered an area of 163 km², and had a total population of 6,709 (2005). Its last mayor was Kjeld Merstrand, a member of the

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(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of

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 ...

. Karup municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged, with

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, Fjends, 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 municipality belongs to

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("Mid-Jutland Region").

Official symbols

The municipality uses a

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depicting a

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(in

: ''urfugl''), a bird once typical for many areas in Jutland, but now extinct in Denmark. The municipality is one of the few Danish municipalities using its own flag; it is white with the coat of arms in the centre.

References

* Municipal statistics
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* Municipal mergers and neighbors
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