Editing Sønderhald Municipality

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Until 1 January 2007 '''Sønderhald municipality''' was a municipality (Danish, ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') in the former [[Aarhus County]] in the eastern part of the [[Jutland]] peninsula ([[Djurs]]) in central Denmark.  It covered an area of 138&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 8.503 (2005).  Its last mayor was Kirsten Wyrtz, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (Socialdemokraterne) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. The site of its municipal council was [[Auning]].  Other towns in the municipality were [[Assentoft]], Uggelhuse, and Øster Alling.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing [[parish]]es:
* Auning Parish
* Essenbæk Parish
* Fausing Parish
* Hørning Parish
* Vester Alling Parish
* Virring Parish
* Årslev Parish
* Øster Alling Parish

Sønderhald municipality ceased to exist due to [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  The eastern part of the municipality was combined with [[Nørre Djurs municipality|Nørre Djurs]], [[Rougsø municipality|Rougsø]] and [[Grenå municipality|Grenaa]] municipalities to form the new [[Norddjurs municipality]]. This created a municipality with an area of 661&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 34,382 (2005).  The new municipality belongs to [[Region Midtjylland]] ("Mid-Jutland Region"). The remainder was incorporated into an enlarged Randers municipality along with [[Randers municipality|Randers]], [[Nørhald municipality|Nørhald]], and [[Purhus municipality|Purhus]] municipalities, as well as parts of [[Mariager municipality|Mariager]] and [[Langå municipality|Langå]].
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==Attractions==
* Old Estrup, Jutland's Estate Museum (''Gammel Estrup Jyllands Herregårdsmuseum'')
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== References ==
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]

== External links ==
* [http://www.norddjurs.dk/ Norddjurs municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [http://www.randers.dk/ Randers municipality's official website (Danish only)]

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