Vinderup Municipality is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The former Vinderup municipality covered an area of 224&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 8,035 (2005). Its last mayor was Holger Hedegaard, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town of the municipality was the railway town of Vinderup.

thumb|260px|The former townhall of Vinderup Municipality

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

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

On 1 January 2007 Vinderup municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Holstebro and Ulfborg-Vemb municipalities to form an enlarged Holstebro municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 790&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 56,204.

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

References

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