Vestervig is a village in Vestervig Parish in

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, located in

Thisted municipality Thisted municipality is a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km², and has a total population of 45,549 (2008). The main town and the site of its municipal council is ...

North Denmark Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

(until December 31, 2006; Sydthy municipality,

Viborg County Viborg Amt () is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland' ...

). Vestervig has a population of 591 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
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It has a disproportionately large church,

Vestervig Abbey Vestervig Abbey, also known as Vestervig Church, was established in about 1059 making it one of Denmark's most ancient religious houses. The abbey is located at Vestervig, Thisted, in extreme northern Jutland. History Vestervig is located insi ...

, which served as a cathedral until 1130 when the see was transferred to

Børglum Børglum is a Danish village with a population below 200 (1 January 2011) in Hjørring municipality, Region Nordjylland (until December 31, 2006; Løkken-Vrå municipality, North Jutland County). History Børglum was the site of a royal ''gård'' ...

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Vestervig Vestervig is a village in Vestervig Parish in Denmark, located in Thisted municipality in North Denmark Region (until December 31, 2006; Sydthy municipality, Viborg County). Vestervig has a population of 591 (1 January 2022).Vestervig Kirke, accessed on February 10, 2007.''

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Theodgar of Vestervig Theodgar of Vestervig (german: Dieter von Vestervig; da, Thøger; also ''Dietger'', ''Dioter'', ''Theodgardus'') (d. 24 June, in or about 1065) was a missionary from Thuringia who worked mostly in Jutland in Denmark, where he died and is venerated ...

(died in or about 1065) a missionary from Thuringia who worked mostly in Jutland where he died and is venerated as a saint *

Peter von Scholten Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (17 May 1784 – 26 January 1854) was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1827 to 1848. Early life and education He was born in Vestervig, Thy, Denmark as the son of captain Casimir Wilhelm von Sch ...

(1784 in Vestervig – 1854), Governor-General of the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colonization of the Americas, Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas ...

* Per Pedersen (born 1964 in Vestervig) a retired road bicycle racer from 1986 to 1993

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