Vinderup Municipality is a former municipality (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune

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) in Region Midtjylland

Region Midtjylland

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 on the Jutland

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 peninsula in west Denmark

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. The former Vinderup municipality covered an area of 224 km², and had a total population of 8,035 (2005). Its last mayor was Holger Hedegaard, a member of the Venstre

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 (Liberal Party) political party

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. The main town of the municipality was the railway town of Vinderup

Vinderup

Vinderup Municipality is a former municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Vinderup municipality covered an area of 224 km², and had a total population of 8,035 . Its last mayor was Holger Hedegaard, a member of the Venstre political party...

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

Parish

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es:

• Ejsing Parish
• Handbjerg Parish
• Ryde Parish
• Sahl Parish
• Sevel Parish
• Trandum Parish
• Vinderup Parish

On January 1, 2007 Vinderup municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Holstebro

Holstebro

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 and Ulfborg-Vemb

Ulfborg-Vemb

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municipalities to form an enlarged Holstebro municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 790 km² and a total population of 56,204.

External links

• Holstebro municipality's official website (Danish only) ą