Pandrup is a town in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in

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 T ...

, 6 km northwest of

Aabybro Aabybro or Åbybro is a town in North Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Jammerbugt Municipality, and is the biggest town in the municipality. Aabybro is located 17 km southwest of Brønderslev, 16 km northwest of Aalborg and 30 km nort ...

and 17 km southwest of Brønderslev. Until 1 January 2007 Pandrup was the seat of the former

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 populati ...

History

Pandrup is first mentioned in 1470. A train station was built in 1913 and was one of the Hjørring-Løkken-Aabybro railroad's largest stations. The station was built by Sylvius Knutzen. It was shut down in 1963. In 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 ...

three parish municipalities were merged to form

, with the municipality's seat and main town being Pandrup. The municipality lasted until 2007 where it was merged with

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, ...

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 ...

and

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

to form Jammerbugt Municipality.Denstoredanske.lex.dk
"Jammerbugt Kommune" Retrieved 15 October 2020

Notable residents

* Ole Christensen (born 1955), politician and former MEP * Pernille Holmsgaard (born 1984), handball player

References

Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Jammerbugt Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub