title: Aars Municipality
text: # Aars Municipality
  
  Aars Municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. It was established as a result of the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform and ceased to exist following the Municipal reform of 2007. Today, the region is located within Vesthimmerland Municipality.
  
  ## History
  
  The municipality was established by the 1970 reforms which grouped parishes into municipalities. Aars municipality was made up of the parishes of: Blære, Gislum, Giver, Gundersted, Havbro, Skivum, Ulstrup, Vognsild, and Aars parish.
  
  By 2005, the municipality covered an area of 223 $km^2$ and had a total population of 13,284. Its final mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party. On 1 January 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the former Farsø, Løgstør, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland Municipality, with an area of 815 $km^2$ and a total population of 39,176 (2005).
  
  ## Mayors
  
  * Holger Mikkelsen, 1970–1971 (Venstre)
  * Niels Nystrup Haugård, 1971–1974 (Venstre)
  * Alfred Rask, 1974–1982 (Venstre)
  * Martin Glerup, 1982–1986 (Socialdemokratiet)
  * Ejvind Nielsen, 1986–1990 (Venstre)
  * Per Nørgaard, 1990–2002 (Venstre)
  * Knud Vældgaard Kristensen, 2002–2007 (Det Konservative Folkeparti)
  
  ## Twin cities
  
  * Kopparberg
  