Aars or Års is a Danish town with a population of 8,246 (2017) in Himmerland, Denmark. Administratively, Aars is the municipal seat of Vesthimmerland municipality and biggest town of Vesthimmerland municipality, Region Nordjylland since 2007 and it was also the seat of the mayor in the now abolished Aars Municipality. The town was founded in the 14th century. It is one of the four principal towns of Vesthimmerland, the other ones being Farsø, Løgstør and Aalestrup. Aars is a former railway town. It is currently the 76 largest city in Denmark just behind Ribe but in front of Helsinge. It is the 9th biggest town/city in Region Nordjylland in front of Skagen but behind Sæby. The town has the nickname Cimbri's town.
Farsø is a town with a population of 3,299 in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village of Vognsild is located to the west of Farsø. Farsø is also called one of the head cities of Vesthimmerland municipality along with Aars, Løgstør and Aalestrup.
Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 4,284 It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør city centre consist of old streets with small houses built in the 1800s for fishermen and sailors. One of these houses was donated by Danish housemen to the author and poet Johan Skjoldborg in 1918, who lived in the house until his death. It is located on Johan Skjoldborgs Vej.
Before the Kommunalreformen, Aalestrup municipality was a municipality in Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 7,631 (2005). Its latest mayor was Rigmor Sandborg.
Vesthimmerland Municipality or Vesthimmerlands Municipality is a municipality in Denmark's North Jutland Region. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) (www.noegletal.dk) and has a total population of 38,277 (2008). The Municipality borders Jammerbugt Municipality to the south and to the east it borders Rebild and Aalborg Municipality and to the south it borderes Viborg Municipality and to the south-east it borders Mariagerfjord Municipality.
Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland municipality with a population of 2,729 in Region Nordjylland in Denmark.
Ranum is a town in the community of Løgstør and the Vesthimmerland municipality in Denmark.
Aars Municipality -Aars Municipality was formed by Kommunalreformen in 1970 which made the Parishes into municipalitys. Before the Kommunalreformen, it was a municipality in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 223 km², and had a total population of 13,284 (2005). Its latest mayor was Knud V. Christensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party political party. On January 1, 2007 Aars municipality ceased to exist and was merged with the former Farsø, Løgstør, and Aalestrup municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland municipality, with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005).
Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars. The name translates directly as 'Borre'-bog, where 'Borre' might well be a derivation of the old word burgh meaning fortified place, as seen in many other place-names.
Aars Airport, also known as Vesthimmerland Airport, is an airport located 3.2 nautical miles northwest of Aars, a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Denmark Region, Denmark.
Karsten Lauritzen is a Danish politician and member of the Danish Parliament for the Venstre and Tax Minister of Denmark at age of 31.
Aars Church is a Lutheran church in Aars, Vesthimmerland municipality, North Denmark Region, Denmark.
Vestrup is a village in Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Denmark Region, Denmark. It is one of two villages of the name in Denmark; the other Vestrup is in Central Jutland. The village has a school, Vestrup School, along with a kindergarten, a day care facility and two burial mounds.
Jens Lauritzen is a Danish politician who has been Mayor of the Vesthimmerland Municipality from 2006 to 2010, he is/ was from Venstre.
Until 1 January 2007 Farsø was also a municipality in North Jutland County. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991 (2005). Its last mayor was H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstre political party.
Vester Hornum is a small town in Himmerland, Denmark, with 576 inhabitants (2017), located in Vester Hornum parish. The city belongs to the municipality of Vesthimmerland Municipality and is located in the North Jutland region. It also have a church and a school. The town also have what they call "Vester Hornum løberne" and it is a union of exerciseists who regularly gather for joint exercise in the form of running. The name of Vester Hornum translate into Western Hornum since it is west from Hornum.
Strandby is a village in western Himmerland with 310 inhabitants (2017). Strandby is located near Ertebølle between Risgårde Bredning in Limfjorden one kilometer west and Farsø nine kilometers to the east.
Fjelsø is a village in Himmerland, Denmark, with 218 inhabitants in the urban area (2016), situated in Fjelsø parish. The village belongs to Vesthimmerland Municipality and is located in the North Denmark Region.
Per Bach Laursen is from Overlade near Løgstør, he is proprietor and owner of Lundgård. He is also the current mayor of Vesthimmerlands Municipality he is from Venstre, he was preceded by Knud Vældgaard Kristensen who was from Det Konservative Folkeparti, he has been a Vice-mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality and he also ran for mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality in 2013. In the 2017 Municipality election he received the most votes of them all of the candidates of Vesthimmerland Municipality, and he is the current mayor of Vesthimmerland Municipality.
