- Hanstholm Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 Hanstholm municipality was a Danishmunicipality (Danish, "kommune") inViborg County on the northwest coast ofVendsyssel-Thy , a part of theJutland peninsula in westDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 216 km²cite web|title=Areal fordelt efter område og tid|url=http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/ags/kit/Areal.aspx|accessdate=2007-07-26] , and had a total population of 5,786 (2005)cite web|title=Nøgle mellem gamle og nye kommuner 1. januar 2005|url=http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/ags/Kommunalreform/Nye_kommuner.aspx|accessdate=2007-07-26] . Its last mayor was Ejner Frøkjær, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town ofHanstholm .Hanstholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), being merged with Thisted and Sydthy municipalities to form the new Thisted municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,072 km² and a total population of 46,158 (2005). The new municipality belongs to
Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").External links
* [http://www.thisted.dk Thisted municipality's official website] da icon
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=78447 National bicycle route Hanstholm-Copenhagen]References
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