Farsø Municipality

Farsø Municipality Farsø Kommune
Former municipalities of Denmark
Country	Denmark
Region	Region of North Jutland
Current municipality	January 1, 2007
Seat	Farsø
Government
• Mayor	H.O.A. Kjeldsen Last
Area
• Total	201.32 km^2 (77.73 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	7,991
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC2 (CEST)

Until 1 January 2007 Farsø Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in North Jutland County. 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 municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Løgstør, Aalestrup, and Aars municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).

History

Strandby-Farsø parish Municipality built a municipal office in the town of Farsø in 1941. Following the municipal reform in 1970, where the municipality of Farsø 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. Farsø Municipality was part of the municipal reform in 2007 where it formed the Vesthimmerland Municipality.

Mayor

Period	Name	Party
1970–1978	Bernhard Nielsen-Man	Lokalliste
1978-1982	Erik Rabøl Jørgensen	Lokalliste
1982–1986	Bernhard Nielsen-Man	Venstre
1986-1990	Erik Rabøl Jørgensen	Lokalliste
1990-1998	Jette Thomsen	Det Konservative Folkeparti
1998-2007	H.O.A. Kjeldsen	Venstre

References

56.46°N 9.20°E / 56.46; 9.20