Struer Municipality is a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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on the

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in west

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. The municipality includes the island of

Venø Venø is a small Danish island located in Limfjorden in the north of Jutland, north of Struer. It is long and has a maximum width of . With an area of , it has a population of 204 as of 1 January 2015.

, and it covers an area of . It has a total population of 21,576 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Niels Viggo Lynghøj, a member of the

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Struer. The long Oddesund Bridge (''Oddesundbro'') connects the municipality at the town of Oddesund Syd to the town of Oddesund Nord in

Thyholm Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Thyholm was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the former Ringkjøbing County on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. The municipality included the island of Jegindø, and ...

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service connects the municipality to the island of

every 20 minutes from Kleppen, northwest of the town of Struer. Denmark's smallest church, built ca. 1600, is located on the island of Venø. The island has a population of approx. 160, of which most work on the mainland. The island is 7.5 km long and 1.5 km at its widest point. On January 1, 2007, Struer municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing

Thyholm municipality Until January 1, 2007 Thyholm was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the former Ringkjøbing County on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. The municipality included the island of Jegindø, and ...

to form an enlarged Struer municipality.

The city of Struer

Politics

Municipal council

Struer'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

Kristian Ostergaard Kristian Ostergaard (February 5, 1855 - October 9, 1931) was a Danish-American Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor, educator, author and hymnwriter. Background Kristian Ostergaard was born at Østergård in the Hjerm parish of Viborg County, now Strue ...

(1855 in Østergård - 1931) a Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator and author, emigrated to the US in 1878. * Jakob Lyng (1907 in Søndbjerg – 1995) a Danish fencer, competed at the 1948 and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Grethe Sønck Grethe Sønck (16 July 1929 – 12 February 2010)Grethe Sønck er død
was a

(1929 in Hjerm – 2010) a Danish actress and singer IMDb Database
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Sister cities

References

External links

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Struer tourist bureauStruer MuseumStruer Statsgymnasium
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