Until January 1, 2007 Hammel municipality was 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 Aarhus County

Aarhus County

Aarhus County or Århus County is a former county in central Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland . A very small portion was merged into Region Nordjylland...

 in central Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covered an area of 144 km², and had a total population of 10.830 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Brøkner, a member of the Conservative People's Party

Conservative People's Party (Denmark)

The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...

 (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party

Politics of Denmark

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. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Hammel

Hammel

Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 6,881 , located in Favrskov municipality in Jutland. Until January 1, 2007, it was also the site of the municipal council of the now former Hammel municipality.-References:...

.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es:

• Hammel Parish
• Haurum Parish
• Lading Parish
• Røgen Parish
• Sall Parish
• Skjød Parish
• Søby Parish
• Sporup Parish
• Voldby Parish

Hammel municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing 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...

, 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...

 municipalities, as well as the southern part of 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...

 to form the new Favrskov municipality

Favrskov municipality

Favrskov is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 487 km² and has a total population of 45,604 ....

. This created a municipality with an area of 487 km² and a total population of ca. 41,596 (2005). The new municipality belongs to 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...

("Mid-Jutland Region").