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Municipality in Denmark
Hjørring Municipality Hjørring Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Hjørring - SpringvandspladsenHjørring - Springvandspladsen
Coat of arms of Hjørring MunicipalityCoat of arms
Hjørring is north of Aalborg, off Denmark's Jutland peninsula.Hjørring is north of Aalborg, off Denmark's Jutland peninsula.
Coordinates: 57°28′00″N 9°59′00″E / 57.4667°N 9.9833°E / 57.4667; 9.9833
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
SeatHjørring
Government
 • MayorSøren Smalbro
Area
 • Total929.58 km (358.91 sq mi)
Population
 • Total63,544
 • Density68/km (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
Websitewww.hjoerring.dk Edit this at Wikidata

Hjørring Municipality (Danish: Hjørring Kommune) 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 km (358.91 sq mi), making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 63,544 (2024).

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.

Hjørring 25,600
Hirtshals 5,700
Sindal 3,000
Vrå 2,500
Tårs 1,900
Løkken 1,600
Bindslev 1,000
Tornby 1,000

On 1 January 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.

The educational opportunities in the town include a gymnasium (the Danish equivalent of a high school/pre college), a business gymnasium (vocational education), and a school for the education of nurses.

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 D' 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%
2021 10 1 7 1 1 1 9 1 68.1% Søren Smalbro (V)
Current 10 1 7 2 1 9 1 1 N/A
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

See also

References

  1. BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark

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Jammer Bay (Skagerrak) Hjørring Frederikshavn
Jammerbugt Brønderslev
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