Favrskov is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 487 km² and has a total population of 45,604 (2008).
The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2 million inhabitants. [1].
On 1 January 2007 the Favrskov municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Hadsten, Hammel, Hinnerup, and Hvorslev, as well as the southern part of the former Langå municipality.
According to Danmark Statistiks, from 2005 to 2009, this was the third fastest growing municipality out of 98.
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