Hjørring Municipality

Hjørring Municipality is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in North Jutland Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 929.58 km2 (358.91 sq mi), making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 67,121 (2008). Its current mayor is Arne Boelt, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

Hjørring Municipality

Hjørring Kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
Hjørring - Springvandspladsen
Hjørring [in red] is north of Aalborg, off Denmark's Jutland peninsula.
Coordinates: 57°28′00″N 9°59′00″E
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
SeatHjørring
Government
 • MayorArne Boelt
Area
 • Total929.58 km2 (358.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total67,121
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Hjørring. Other towns in the municipality includes the harbour town of Hirtshals to the north, sea side resorts Løkken and Lønstrup to the west, Tårs and Vrå to the south and Sindal and Bindslev to the East.

Hjørring26,00
Hirtshals5,700
Sindal3,000
Vrå2,500
Tårs1,900
Løkken1,600
Bindslev1,000
Tornby1,000

On January 1, 2007 Hjørring municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Hirtshals, Løkken-Vrå, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality.

The town of Hjørring
Main article: Hjørring

The town of Hjørring is the largest town in Vendsyssel and has a population of 24,789 (2004). It is one of Denmark's oldest towns, and it celebrated its 750-year anniversary as a market town in 1993.

Archaeological discoveries show that the area was already populated 10,000 years ago.

A major fire burned down much of the town in 1819.

There are good educational opportunities in the town including a gymnasium (the Danish equivalent of a high school/pre college), a business gymnasium and a nursing school.

Politics

Municipal council

Hjørring's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C F O T V Ø
2005 6 1 2 4 1 9 8 31 69.2% Finn Olesen (A)
2009 9 2 3 1 5 11 65.6% Arne Boelt (A)
2013 13 4 1 2 2 8 1 74.0%
2017 15 3 1 2 2 7 1 71.4%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

See also
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