Farsø

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Farsø is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 201 km², and has a total population of 7,991 (2005). Its mayor is H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

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

Neighboring municipalities are Aalestrup to the southeast, Aars to the east, and Løgstør to the north. The municipality lies on the eastern shores of the region known as Himmerland, a part of the Jutland peninsula; the southern part of the municipality is a spit sticking out into the waters flowing from the Limfjorden, the strait that separates the main body of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy.

To the west of the municipality are the waters of Risgårde Broadening (Risgårde Bredning), the wide strait separating Farsø municipality from its western municipal neighbor, Sundsøre. As the waters narrow southward at the spit of land they become Hvalp Strait (Hvalpsund). Further south beyond the spit the waters become Lovn's Broadening (Lovns Bredning), which lie off the southern shores of the municipality, and help define most of its southern border.

By January 1, 2007 Farsø municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Løgstør, Aalestrup, and Aars municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").