Favrskov is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in Region Midtjylland

Region Midtjylland

Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...

 in Denmark

Denmark

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 north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

 area. It covers an area of 487 km² and has a total population of 45,604 (2008).

The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area

East Jutland metropolitan area

East Jutland metropolitan area is a geographic term for an area in Jutland, Denmark.The term denotes a functional coherent urban area linked by both infrastructure and labour across municipal boundaries...

 with 1.2 million inhabitants.
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On 1 January 2007 the Favrskov municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Hadsten

Hadsten municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Hadsten municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 139 km², and had a total population of 11.818 . Its last mayor was Anders G. Christensen, a member of the Venstre political party...

, Hammel

Hammel municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Hammel municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 144 km², and had a total population of 10.830 . Its last mayor was Ole Brøkner, a member of the Conservative People's Party political party...

, Hinnerup

Hinnerup municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Hinnerup municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 76 km², and had a total population of 12.048 . Its last mayor was Niels Berg, a member of the Venstre political party...

, and Hvorslev

Hvorslev municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Hvorslev municipality was a municipality in Viborg County in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 128 km², and had a total population of 6,900 . Its last mayor was Kurt Andreasen, a member of the Venstre political party...

, as well as the southern part of the former Langå municipality

Langå municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Langå municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 8.396 . Its last mayor was Hanne Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...

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According to Danmark Statistiks, from 2005 to 2009, this was the third fastest growing municipality out of 98.