Fjends municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 236 km², and has a total population of 8,152 (2005). Its mayor is Svend Aage Jensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. A commune is an administrative subdivision of various European and African countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Senegal, and the Scandinavian countries. ... Viborg and Nyslott County was a county in Finnish Karelia 1634–1743, returned to Finland 1812–1944 under the name of Viborg County Viborgs Amt (English Viborg County) is a county in western Denmark, in the north-central part of the peninsula of Jutland. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Venstre (in Danish literally: Left) is the biggest political party in Denmark, ideologically based on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... // Government Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with an almost unbroken link of monarchs for more than 1,000 years (except for an interregnum of eight years from 1332 to 1340). ...

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Stoholm.

Neighboring municipalities are Viborg to the east, Skive to the north, Vinderup and Aulum-Haderup to the west, and Karup to the south. Cathedral in Viborg, Denmark. ... Skive municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Viborg County at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. ... Vinderup is a municipality in west Denmark, in the county of Ringkøbing on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Aulum-Haderup is a municipality in west Denmark, in the county of Ringkøbing on the peninsula of Jutland. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

By January 1, 2007 Fjends municipality will cease to exist, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged, with Bjerringbro, Karup, Møldrup, Tjele, and Viborg municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 1,390 km² and a total population of 88,945 (2005). The municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region"). January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner). ... Cathedral in Viborg, Denmark. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Region Midtjylland (English: Region Central Jutland) is a future administrative region created under the Danish Municipal Reform, which replaces the traditional counties (amter) with five larger regions. ...

External links

• Municipality's official website
• The new Viborg municipality's official website (Danish only)

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map