Hadsund Municipality

Hadsund City Hall.

Hadsund Municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark until January 1, 2007. The municipality covered an area of 170.28 km², and had a total population of 10.914 (2004). ). Its last mayor was Karl Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The largest city and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hadsund.

On January 1, 2007 Hadsund Municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with former Arden and Hobro municipalities, and parts of Mariager, Aalestrup and Nørager municipalities to form the new Mariagerfjord Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 723.63 km² and a total population of 43,049 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").

External links

Mariagerfjord municipality's official website (Danish)

References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

Coordinates: 56°43′03″N 10°06′37″E / 56.7174°N 10.1103°E / 56.7174; 10.1103

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