Hals Municipality

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The Whale Jaws, landmark of Hals

Hals Fort

Hals Church

Hals is a town in Region Nordjylland's Aalborg municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.

Until January 1, 2007, Hals was also a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County The municipality covered an area of 191 km², and had a total population of 11,448 (2005). Its last mayor was Bent Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. Though Hals was the biggest town, the site of its municipal council was the town of Gandrup.

Hals municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Nibe, Sejlflod, and Aalborg municipalities to form the new Aalborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,171 km² and a total population of ca. 192,353.