Thisted Municipality (Danish:Thisted Kommune) is akommune inNorth Jutland Region,Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km², and has a total population of 42,989 (2024). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town ofThisted.
Thisted Municipality Thisted Kommune (Danish) | |
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 View of beach with small trawlers berthing inVorupør | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates:56°57′10″N8°36′10″E / 56.9528°N 8.6028°E /56.9528; 8.6028 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Jutland |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Niels Jørgen Pedersen |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,101 km2 (425 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 42,989 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
On 1 January 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result ofKommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged withHanstholm andSydthy municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.
Locations
edit| Thisted | 13,500 |
| Hurup | 2,700 |
| Hanstholm | 2,100 |
| Klitmøller | 1,200 |
| Snedsted | 1,100 |
| Nors | 1,100 |
Thy
editThisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district ofThy, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the districtHanherred, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy,Thyholm.
Potential name change
editIn November 2023, the municipal council voted, by 17 to 10, to advance with a proposal to change the name of the municipality toThy Municipality. The next step is to have a feel among the citizens to see whether it should be changed. A final decision is set to take place on February 27, 2024.[2][3]
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThisted's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since theMunicipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | I | K | O | V | Ø | Å | ||||
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 72.1% | Erik Hove Olesen (A) | |||
| 2009 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 68.3% | Lene Kjeldgaard (V) | ||||||
| 2013 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 75.0% | |||||||
| 2017 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 74.4% | Ulla Vestergaard (A) | |||
| Data fromKmdvalg.dk 2005,2009,2013 and2017 | |||||||||||||
Notable people
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- Niels Andersen (1835 in Ydby, Thisted County - 1911) a Danish businessman and politician; created the first large construction company in Denmark; lived inSøholm from 1877
- Andreas Riis Carstensen (1844 in Sennels, near Thisted – 1906) a Danish painter who specialized in maritime scenes, notably of Greenland.
- Johan Skjoldborg (1861 in Øsløs in Thisted – 1936) a Danish educator, novelist, playwright and memoirist
- Andrew Petersen (1870 near Thisted – 1953) was a patternmaker, foundry company executive and politician inNew York City
- Aage Oxenvad (1884 in Gettrup near Thisted – 1944) a Danish clarinetist who played in theRoyal Danish Orchestra from 1909
- Erik Aalbæk Jensen (1923 in Thy – 1997) a Danish writer and Lutheran minister
- Bent Larsen (1935 in Tilsted near Thisted – 2010) a Danish chess grandmaster and author
- Jonas Vingegaard (born 1996 in Hillerslev) a Danish cyclist
References
edit- ^BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank fromStatistics Denmark
- ^"Thisted eller Thy? Nu har byrådet taget stilling".tv2nord.dk (in Danish). Retrieved2023-11-28.
- ^"Borgerne i Thisted Kommune skal tage stilling til et navneskift".tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved2023-11-28.
- Municipal statistics:NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered fromKMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors:Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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- Municipality's official website (In Danish)