Thisted Municipality

Thisted Municipality

Thisted municipality is a municipality (Danish: "kommune") in Region Nordjylland, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km², and has a total population of 45,549 (2008). Its mayor is Erik Hove Olesen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne"). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thisted.

On January 1, 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Hanstholm and Sydthy municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.

Thy

:"Main article: Thy (district)"

Thisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district of Thy, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the district Hanherred, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy, Thyholm.

Famous residents of the municipality

Thisted is the birthplace of geographer Conrad Malte-Brun and writer Jens Peter Jacobsen.

External links

* [http://www.thisted.dk/ Municipality's official website] (In Danish)

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/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]


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