Arden Municipality


Arden municipality was a municipality in North [Jutland County] on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark until 1 January 2007. The municipality covered an area of 228 km2, and had a total population of 8,513. Its last mayor was Hans Christian Maarup, a member of the Social Democrats political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Arden.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform that combined Astrup, Store Arden, Oue-Valsgaard, Rold-Vebbestrup and Rostrup municipalities.
On 1 January 2007 Arden municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen . It was merged with former Hadsund and Hobro municipalities, and part of Mariager Municipality to form the new Mariagerfjord Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 769 km2 and a total population of 43,049. The new municipality belongs to the North [Denmark Region|Region Nordjylland].

Attractions

is the best known attraction in Arden municipality.

Notable people