Lemvig is a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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on the west coast of the

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peninsula in west

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. The municipality covers an area of 516.63 km², and has a population of 20,657 (1 January 2015). Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of

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. The town has a population of 6,966. The current municipality was enlarged on January 1, 2007 as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) when the former Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality was merged into the existing Lemvig municipality. A significant part of its southern border is defined by the waters of Bøvling Fjord, Indfjorden and

Nissum Fjord Nissum Fjord is an inlet located in West Jutland, west of Vemb and is demarcated from the North Sea by a 1.3 km wide isthmus, Bøvling Klit, and passes through a lock in Thorsminde. The inlet has a water area of 70 km2 or 7,000 ha. but ...

. A string of islands define the western perimeter of the waters south of the municipality; some of these islands belong to the municipality, and others belong to its southern neighbor, Ulfborg-Vemb. These waters at the municipality's southern border, encompassing the three fjords, plus ''Fejsted Kog'' is a

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. The Lem Cove (''Lem Vig'') leads into the town of Lemvig from Nissum Bredning. Lake Ferring (''Ferring Sø'') lies north of the town of Ferring.

Locations

The municipality was originally created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing

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es: The four largest locations in the Municipality are:

The town of Lemvig

Attractions

* The museum of religious art (Museet for religiøs kunst) * Bovbjerg Fyr, a light tower at the western coast near Ferring * ''Ramme Dige'' * Jens Søndergård Museum in Ferring * Lemvig Museum in the town of Lemvig * The ''planetstien'' ("planet trail") at the edge of Lemvig town shows a model of the

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at a scale of 1:1.000.000.000. The model of the Sun, 1.4 metres in diameter, is in a small park on the edge of town. The other planets follow along a path far out of town, represented as small bronze balls on granite pedestals. The outer planet, Pluto, is nearly 5 kilometres away from the Sun. The trail is part of the Lemvig Museum.

Politics

Municipal council

Lemvig's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Notable people

* Vilhelm Prior (1835 in at Mølgård in Vandborg Parish, west of Lemvig - 1910) a Danish book dealer and publisher

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
* Limfjordscu
Big international footballtournament in Lemvig

External links

Municipality's official website

Lemvig tourist bureau (in English, German and Danish)

* ttp://www.limfjordscup.dk/ Big international footballtournament in Lemvig
The biggest youth basketball tournament in Denmark
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