Until 1 January 2007 Farsø Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in

North Jutland County North Jutland County () 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, but with a relati ...

. 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.

Farsø Farsø is a town with a population of 3,352 (1 January 2025) 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 ...

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

Løgstør Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,969 (1 January 2025) 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 19th century for fishermen an ...

Aalestrup Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,763 (1 January 2025) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark. Facilities Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After gra ...

, and

Aars Aars or Års, () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 8,708 (1 January 2025)Vesthimmerland Municipality Vesthimmerland Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 35,818 (2025). The Municipality borders Jammerbugt Municipality to the south and to ...

. This created a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

History

Strandby Strandby is a coastal town in Denmark, located in Region Nordjylland. Its population was 2,301 as of 1 January 2025.Farsø Farsø is a town with a population of 3,352 (1 January 2025) 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 ...

parish Municipality built a municipal office in the town of Farsø in 1941. Following the municipal reform in 1970, where the municipality of

was established by merging with other parish municipalities, it was still used for the administration of the municipality until 1989, when a new town hall was put into service.

Municipality was part of the municipal reform in 2007 where it formed the

Vesthimmerland Municipality Vesthimmerland Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the North Jutland Region of Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 35,818 (2025). The Municipality borders Jammerbugt Municipality to the south and to ...

Mayor

References

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