Højer is a town with a population of 1,255 (1 January 2011) and a former municipality

Municipalities of Denmark

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 in south Denmark

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, in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland

Jutland

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 peninsula. The municipality covered an area of 117 km², and had a total population of 2,861 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats

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 (Socialdemokraterne) political party

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.

The coastal area of the former municipality is a nature reserve.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parish

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es:

• Daler Parish
• Emmerlev Parish
• Hjerpsted Parish
• Højer Parish

On 1 January 2007 Højer municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bredebro

Bredebro

Bredebro is a town with a population of 1,486 in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The town was the original home of the ECCO shoe manufacturing company....

, Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster

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, Nørre-Rangstrup

Nørre-Rangstrup

Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Rangstrup , was a municipality in the former South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 302 km², and had a total population of 9,502 . Its last mayor was Ole Østvig Nissen, a member of the Venstre political...

, Skærbæk

Skærbæk

Skærbæk is a town with a population of 3,117 and a former municipality on the coast of Tønder municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark...

, and Tønder

Tønder

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municipalities to form the new Tønder municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km² and a total population of 42,645 (2005).