- Sydthy Municipality
Until
January 1 ,2007 Sydthy municipality was a Danishmunicipality (Danish, "kommune") in the formerViborg County on the west coast ofVendsyssel-Thy , a part of theJutland peninsula in westDenmark . It is on the north bank of theLimfjord . The municipality covered an area of 322 km², and had a total population of 11,239 (2005). Its last mayor was Arne Hyldahl, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal councilwas the town ofHurup .Sydthy municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Hanstholm and Thisted municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality. This create 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 (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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