- Thyborøn-Harboøre
Until
January 1 ,2007 Thyborøn-Harboøre was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the formerRingkjøbing County on the west coast of theJutland peninsula in westDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 42 km², and had a total population of 4,690 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Flyvholm.The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Thyborøn .To the east are the waters of "Nissum Bredning", a large body of water connected to the
North Sea , which lies directly to the west of the former municipality. The waters of the North Sea enter the "Nissum Bredning" through the Thyborøn Channel ("Thyborøn Kanal"), which lie directly to the north of the former municipality, and which separate it from Sydthy municipality to the north. The "Nissum Bredning" is the westernmost part of theLimfjord ("Limfjorden"), a shallow sound that separates the island ofVendsyssel-Thy to the north of the former municipality from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula.Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into
Lemvig municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 510 km² and a total population of 22,760 (2005). The new municipality belongs toRegion Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").External links
* [http://www.lemvig.dk Lemvig municipality's official website (Danish only)]
References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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