Them municipality

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Them municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 210 km², and has a total population of 7.000 (2005). Its mayor is Torben Hansen, a member of the Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) political party.

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

Neighboring municipalities are Brædstrup to the southeast, Ry to the east, Silkeborg to the north, Ikast to the northwest, and Nørre-Snede to the southwest.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

Bryrup Parish
Them Parish
Vinding Parish
Vrads Parish

By January 1, 2007 Them municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Gjern, Kjellerup, and Silkeborg municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 857 km² and a total population of 84,167 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").

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