Thisted municipality is a municipality

Municipality

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 (Danish

Danish language

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: kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

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) in North Denmark Region, Denmark

Denmark

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. 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

Social Democrats (Denmark)

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 (Socialdemokraterne). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thisted

Thisted

Thisted is a town in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, in Denmark. It has a population of 13,005 and is located in Thy, in northwestern Jutland....

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On January 1, 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Hanstholm

Hanstholm municipality

Until 1 January 2007 Hanstholm municipality was a Danish municipality in Viborg County on the northwest coast of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 216 km², and had a total population of 5,786...

 and Sydthy

Sydthy municipality

Until 1 January 2007 Sydthy municipality was a Danish municipality in the former Viborg County on the west coast of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It is on the north bank of the Limfjord. The municipality covered an area of 322 km², and had a total population of...

 municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.

Thy

Main article: Thy (district)

Thy (district)

Thy is a traditional district in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. It is situated north of the Limfjord, facing the North Sea and Skagerrak, and has a population of around 50,000. The main towns of Thy are Thisted, Hanstholm and Hurup....

Thisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district of Thy

Thy (district)

Thy is a traditional district in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. It is situated north of the Limfjord, facing the North Sea and Skagerrak, and has a population of around 50,000. The main towns of Thy are Thisted, Hanstholm and Hurup....

, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the district Hanherred

Hanherred

Hanherred or Hanherrederne is a traditional district in northern Jutland, Denmark. It lies between Thy in the west and Vendsyssel in the east. To the north it faces the North Sea and to the south the Limfjord. There are only two towns with more than 1,000 inhabitants, Fjerritslev and...

, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy, Thyholm

Thyholm Peninsula

Thyholm is a peninsula in Denmark located in Limfjorden north of Struer. It is connected by causeway with North Jutlandic Island and the rest of Thy...

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Famous residents of the municipality

Thisted is the birthplace of geographer Conrad Malte-Brun

Conrad Malte-Brun

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 and writer Jens Peter Jacobsen

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Jens Peter Jacobsen was a Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in Denmark often just written as "J. P. Jacobsen" and pronounced "I. P. Jacobsen"...

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