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Thisted Municipality

Coordinates: 56°57′10″N 8°36′10″E / 56.9528°N 8.6028°E / 56.9528; 8.6028
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Thisted Municipality
Thisted Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
View of beach with small trawlers berthing in Vorupør
View of beach with small trawlers berthing in Vorupør
Coat of arms of Thisted Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°57′10″N 8°36′10″E / 56.9528°N 8.6028°E / 56.9528; 8.6028
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
Established1 January 2007
Government
 • MayorNiels Jørgen Pedersen
Area
 • Total1,101 km2 (425 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2024)[1]
 • Total42,989
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.thisted.dk Edit this at Wikidata

Thisted Municipality (Danish: Thisted Kommune) is a kommune in North 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 of Thisted.

On 1 January 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Hanstholm and Sydthy municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.

Locations

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Thisted 13,500
Hurup 2,700
Hanstholm 2,100
Klitmøller 1,200
Snedsted 1,100
Nors 1,100

Thy

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Main article: Thy (district)

Thisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district of Thy, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the district Hanherred, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy, Thyholm.

Potential name change

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In November 2023, the municipal council voted, by 17 to 10, to advance with a proposal to change the name of the municipality to Thy 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

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Municipal council

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Thisted's municipal council consists of 27 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 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 from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Notable people

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Congressman Andrew Petersen, 1921
See also: Thisted § Notable_People
  • Niels Andersen (1835 in Ydby, Thisted County - 1911) a Danish businessman and politician; created the first large construction company in Denmark; lived in Søholm 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 in New York City
  • Aage Oxenvad (1884 in Gettrup near Thisted – 1944) a Danish clarinetist who played in the Royal 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

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  1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "Thisted eller Thy? Nu har byrådet taget stilling". tv2nord.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  3. ^ "Borgerne i Thisted Kommune skal tage stilling til et navneskift". tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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