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Jegindø
Jegindø, locally pronounced 'Jenø', is a Danish island in the western part of the Limfjord. Since 1916 the island has been connected with the peninsula Thyholm via a dam. The main settlement is . Until 2007, the island was part of Thyholm Municipality, but now it is part of Struer Municipality. The population of Jegindø was 386 inhabitants as of 2025. Jegindø has a church near the center of the island, a harbour on the east coast, and a mission house. The harbour was expanded in 1989, but originally built in 1939. The church and the mission house were built in 1919 and 1888 respectively. Commercially, the main industries are fisheries, the sale of fish and mussels, and farming. Geography Jegindø covers an area of 7.91 km2. It is 6 km long and 3 km across at its widest point. There are no rivers, or lakes on Jegindø and almost no forest area. Hills dominate on the southern part of the island, while the northern part is mostly flat. The highest point on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyholm Municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Thyholm was a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in the former Ringkjøbing County on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland area in northwest Denmark. The municipality included the island of Jegindø, and it covered an area of 76 km2. It had a total population of 3,577 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Gade, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'') Politics of Denmark, political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hvidbjerg. The municipality was located on Thyholm, a peninsula connected to Sydthy by a very narrow stretch of land and road, ca. 1.5 km long and .5 km wide. Except for this narrow land connection Thyholm was surrounded by the waters of the Limfjord, which separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy on which Thyholm is located from the Jutland peninsula to the south. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
