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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Aabybro Municipality
| native_name             = Aabybro Kommune
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| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006)|Former municipality]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[North Jutland County|North Jutland]]
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| leader_title          = Last mayor
| leader_party           = [[Venstre (Denmark)|V]]
| leader_name          = Ole L. Andersen
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| seat                    = [[Aabybro]]
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| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 April 1970
| established_title2      = Dissolved
| established_date2       = 31 December 2006
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}}Until 1 January 2007 '''Aabybro Municipality''' was a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''[[List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006)|kommune]]'') in the former [[North Jutland County]], on the south coast of the [[North Jutlandic Island]], bordering the [[Limfjord]]. The municipality covered an area of 170.88&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 11,390 (2006). Its last mayor was Ole Lykkegaard Andersen, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] political party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aabybro Kommune|url=http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Borgmesterfakta/Gammel_struktur/Nordjyllands-Amt/Aabybro-Kommune/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021154126/http://www.danskekommuner.dk:80/Borgmesterfakta/Gammel_struktur/Nordjyllands-Amt/Aabybro-Kommune/ |archive-date=2019-10-21 |access-date=2020-08-10|website=Danske Kommuner|language=da}}</ref>

Aabybro Municipality bordered [[Brovst Municipality]] to the west, [[Pandrup Municipality|Pandrup]] and [[Brønderslev Municipality (1970-2006)|Brønderslev Municipality]] to the north and [[Aalborg Municipality (1970-2006)|Aalborg Municipality]] to the east and south.

The municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen 2007'' (the Municipality Reform of 2007)]]. It was merged with the Brovst, Pandrup and [[Fjerritslev Municipality|Fjerritslev]] municipalities to form the new [[Jammerbugt municipality]]. The new municipality belongs to the [[North Jutland Region]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frandsen|first=Karl-Erik|last2=Bartholdy|first2=Nils G.|date=2017-06-13|title=Jammerbugt Kommune|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Jammerbugt_Kommune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425225323/https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Jammerbugt_Kommune |archive-date=2021-04-25 |access-date=2020-08-10|website=Den Store Danske|publisher=lexDK|language=da}}</ref>

==History==
In the Middle Ages, Denmark was divided into [[Syssel|syssels]]. The area that made up Aabybro Municipality was part of the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] Han Hundred (Danish: ''Han Herred'') and belonged to the syssel of Thysyssel. It later came under the fief of [[Aalborghus]]. In 1662 Han Hundred was merged with a number of hundreds and came under [[Åstrup, Sejlstrup, Børglum County]]. The county lasted until 1793. The area that made up Aabybro Municipality was under the hundreds of Øster Han Hundred and Hvetbo Hundred, both of which came under [[Thisted County]] in 1793. This county lasted until the [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] where it came under the [[North Jutland County]].<ref>[https://www.dis-danmark.dk/kort/kort.htm Dis-danmark.dk] "Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970" Retrieved 22 December 2020</ref>

In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: ''sognekommunner''). The borders of these municipalities were largely based on the country's [[Parish (Denmark)|parishes]]. In the 1970 municipal reform these parish municipalities were dissolved. Three parish municipalities were merged to create Aabybro Municipality. This municipality lasted until 2007 when it was merged with the municipalities of Brovst, Pandrup and Fjerritslev to form Jammerbugt Municipality.<ref>[https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Jammerbugt_Kommune Denstoredanske.lex.dk] "Jammerbugt Kommune" Retrieved 22 December 2020</ref>

===Historical divisions===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;" style="text-align: center"
!colspan="99"|Historical municipal divisions of Aabybro Municipality
|-
! 2007
! 1970
!1929
!1842
!Towns
|-
| rowspan="99"|{{tooltip|2=Jammerbugt Kommune, 2007-|[[Jammerbugt Municipality|Jammerbugt Mun.]]}}
| rowspan="5"|{{tooltip|2=Aabybro Kommune, 1970-2006|Aabybro Mun.}}
|rowspan="3" |{{tooltip|2=Åby-Biersted Sognekommune, 1929-1970|Åby-Biersted Parish Mun.}}
|rowspan="4"|{{tooltip|2=Åby-Biersted Sognekommune, 1842-1929|Åby-Biersted Parish Mun.}}
|[[Aabybro]]
|-
|[[Biersted]]
|-
|[[Nørhalne]]
|-
|colspan="1"|{{tooltip|2=Vedsted Sognekommune, 1929-1970|Vedsted Parish Mun.}}
|[[Birkelse]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{tooltip|2=Gjøl Sognekommune, 1842-1970|Gjøl Parish Mun.}}
|[[Gjøl]]
|-
|{{tooltip|2=Pandrup Kommune, 1970-2006|[[Pandrup Municipality|Pandrup Mun.]]}}
|colspan="5" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|-
|{{tooltip|2=Brovst Kommune, 1970-2006|[[Brovst Municipality|Brovst Mun.]]}}
|colspan="5" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|-
|{{tooltip|2=Fjerritslev Kommune, 1970-2006|[[Fjerritslev Municipality|Fjerritslev Mun.]]}}
|colspan="5" style="background:#E5E5E5;"|
|}

==Towns==
[[File:AabybroRådhus.jpg|thumb|Aabybro city hall]]
Approximately 40% of the municipality's population lived in the town of Aabybro. Around a fifth lived in rural areas or small villages, with the remaining approximately 40% living in the municipality's larger towns and villages, these being Biersted, Birkelse, Gjøl and Nørhalne. Smaller villages in the municipality included Ryå and Fristrup.<ref>[https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1920 Statistikbanken.dk] "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 20 December 2020</ref>

Aabybro was the seat of the municipality. The town was located centrally, with the Birkelse to the west, Nørhalne and Biersted to the west and Gjøl to the south.

Below are the populations from 2006 of the five larger settlements of the municipality.<ref>[https://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a Statistikbanken.dk] "BEF4A Folketal 1. januar efter tid og byområder og landdistrikter" Retrieved 22 December 2020</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Aabybro]] || align="center"| 4,876	
|-
| [[Biersted]] || align="center"| 1,698	
|-
| [[Nørhalne]] || align="center"| 1,194	
|-
| [[Gjøl]] || align="center"| 916
|-
| [[Birkelse]] || align="center"| 739
|}{{clearleft}}

==Politics==
===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.
{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan=2| Election
! colspan=8| Party
! rowspan=2| Total<br />seats
! rowspan=2| Elected<br />mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#912CEE;"|'''[[Centre Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|D}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#E3CF57;"|'''[[Progress Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Z}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Other|{{font color|white|...}}}}'''
|-
|[[1970 Danish local elections|1970]]
|6
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=4|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|6
|rowspan=9|17
|rowspan=2|Jørgen H. Jørgensen (V)
|-
|[[1974 Danish local elections|1974]]
|4
|3
|1
|1
|5
|2
|1
|-
|[[1978 Danish local elections|1978]]
|5
|2
|1
|1
|5
|2
|1
|Aage Nielsen (V)
|-
|[[1981 Danish local elections|1981]]
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=6|
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan=6|
|6
|1
|2
|rowspan=2|Herdis Gregersen (V)
|-
|[[1985 Danish local elections|1985]]
|7
|2
|1
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|-
|[[1989 Danish local elections|1989]]
|6
|1
|1
|8
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|rowspan=4|Ole L. Andersen (V)
|-
|[[1993 Danish local elections|1993]]
|5
|1
|1
|8
|1
|1
|-
|[[1997 Danish local elections|1997]]
|5
|1
|2
|7
|1
|1
|-
|[[2001 Danish local elections|2001]]
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|9
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|-
|colspan=14|Data from Statistikbanken.dk<ref>https://www.statistikbanken.dk/</ref> and editions of ''Kommunal Aarbog''
|}

===Mayors===
Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Aabybro Municipality were:<ref>[http://www.danskekommuner.dk/Borgmesterfakta/Gammel_struktur/Nordjyllands-Amt/Aabybro-Kommune/ Danskekommuner.dk] "Aabybro Kommune" Retrieved 20 December 2020</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! #
!Mayor
!Party
!Term
|-
|1 || Jørgen H. Jørgensen ||{{color box|#254C85}} [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]||1970-1978
|-
|2 || Aage Nielsen ||{{color box|#254C85}} Venstre||1978-1982
|-
|3 || Herdis Gregersen ||{{color box|#254C85}} Venstre||1982-1987
|-
|4 || Ole Lykkegaard Andersen ||{{color box|#254C85}} Venstre||1986-2007
|}

==Parishes==
[[File:Vedsted Kirke-6 ubt.JPG|thumb|Vedsted Church]]
The municipality consisted of four parishes and four churches.
*Biersted Parish ([[List of churches in Jammerbugt Municipality#Biersted Church|Biersted Church]])
*Gjøl Parish ([[List of churches in Jammerbugt Municipality#Gjøl Church|Gjøl Church]])
*Vedsted Parish ([[List of churches in Jammerbugt Municipality#Vedsted Church|Vedsted Church]])
*Aaby Parish ([[List of churches in Jammerbugt Municipality#Aaby Church|Aaby Church]])

==Symbols==
Aabybro Municipality's coat of arms was two white swans on each side of a white sword. The background was blue.

==References==
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{{Defunct Danish municipalities}}
{{Jammerbugt Municipality}}

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