Favrskov Kommune 2.03

Favrskov Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. According to Municipal and Regional Key Figures it covers an area of 540.25km2 and has a population of 47,177 (1 April 2014).The largest towns within the municipality are Hadsten, Hinnerup and Hammel and Favrskov Municipality is considered part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2 million inhabitants in total.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.Sister citiesThe following cities are twinned with Hadsten and Hinnerup: Saarijärvi, Western Finland, Finland