Until January 1, 2007 Brovst Municipality was a municipality (

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: '' kommune'') in the former

North Jutland County North Jutland County ( da, Nordjyllands Amt) is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, ...

, on the

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, bordering the

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to the south and the

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to the north. The municipality covered an area of 222.72 km², and had a total population of 8,281 (2006). Its last mayor was Mogens Christian Gade, a member of the Venstre political party. Brovst Municipality bordered

Fjerritslev Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Fjerritslev Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord to the south and North Sea to the north. The municipality covered an a ...

to the west,

Pandrup Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Pandrup Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the north coast of the North Jutlandic Island. The municipality covered an area of 189.67 km2, and had a total populatio ...

to the north and

Aabybro Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Aabybro Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the south coast of the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord. The municipality covered an area of 170.88 km2, a ...

to the east. The municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen 2007'' (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with the Fjerritslev, Aabybro and Pandrup municipalities to form the new

Jammerbugt municipality Jammerbugt Municipality is a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the North Jutland Region on the North Jutlandic Island. It is located along the coast of Skagerrak to the north and the Limfjord to the south. It borders the municipalities of This ...

. The new municipality belongs to the

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History

In the Middle Ages, Denmark was divided into syssels. The area that made up Brovst Municipality was part of the

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Han Hundred (Danish: ''Han Herred'') and belonged to the syssel of Thysyssel. It later came under the fief of

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. In 1662 Han Hundred was merged with a number of hundreds and came under Åstrup, Sejlstrup, Børglum County. The county lasted until 1793. The area that made up Brovst Municipality was under the hundred of Øster Han Hundred, which came under

Thisted County Thisted County ( da, Thisted Amt) is a former province in Denmark, located on the north-westernmost part of the country It encompassed the westernmost part of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy. It was dissolved in 1970 when the bulk of it was merged i ...

in 1793. This county lasted until the

1970 Danish Municipal Reform The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last le ...

where it came under the

. In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: ''sognekommunner''). The borders of these municipalities were largely based on the country's

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. In the 1970 municipal reform these parish municipalities were dissolved. In 1966 five parish municipalities had been merged to form Brovst Parish Municipality, which was reformed to Brovst Municipality in the 1970 municipal reform. This municipality lasted until 2007 when it was merged with the municipalities of Pandrup, Aabybro and Fjerritslev to form Jammerbugt Municipality.

Historical divisions

Towns

Approximately a third of the population lived in the municipality's seat of Brovst, with another third living in the remaining larger towns and villages of the municipality. The last third lived in rural areas or small villages. Smaller villages in the municipality include

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. Brovst was located centrally in the municipality. Below are the populations from 2006 of the six larger settlements of the municipality.

Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Brovst Municipality were:Danskekommuner.dk
"Ullerslev Kommune" Retrieved 1 October 2020

Parishes

The municipality consisted of seven parishes and seven churches. *Brovst Parish ( Brovst Church) *Langeslund Parish ( Langeslund Church) *Lerup Parish ( Lerup Church) *Torslev Parish ( Torslev Church) *Tranum Parish ( Tranum Church) *Øland Parish ( Oxholm Church) *Øster Svenstrup Parish ( Øster Svenstrup Church)

Symbols

Brovst Municipality's coat of arms was a red rooster on white background. On either side of the rooster was three white seashells on red background.

References

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