The municipality covered an area of 163 km2, and had a total population of 6,709 (2005).
Its last mayor was Kjeld Merstrand, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
It was merged, with Bjerringbro, Fjends, Møldrup, Tjele, and Viborg municipalities to form an enlarged Viborg municipality.
This created a municipality with an area of 1,390 km2 and a total population of 88,945 (2005).
The municipality uses a coat of arms depicting a Black Grouse (in Danish: urfugl), a bird once typical for many areas in Jutland, but now extinct in Denmark.