Until 1 January 2007 Thyborøn-Harboøre was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the former

Ringkjøbing County Ringkjøbing County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into R ...

on the west coast of the

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

peninsula in west

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The municipality covered an area of 42 km², and had a total population of 4,690 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Flyvholm. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of

Thyborøn Thyborøn is a fishing village in Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,816 (1 January 2024),Nissum Bredning Nissum Bredning is the westernmost '' bredning'' in the Limfjord situated between Thyborøn Channel, through which the fjord is connected to the North Sea, and Oddesund with Oddesund Bridge. Its size is around 200 km2 and the depth is up ...

'', a large body of water connected to the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

, which lies directly to the west of the former municipality. The waters of the North Sea enter the ''Nissum Bredning'' through the Thyborøn Channel (''Thyborøn Kanal''), which lie directly to the north of the former municipality, and which separate it from Sydthy municipality to the north. The ''Nissum Bredning'' is the westernmost part of the

Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

(''Limfjorden''), a shallow sound that separates the island of

Vendsyssel-Thy The North Jutlandic Island (), Vendsyssel-Thy, or Jutland north of the Limfjord (''Jylland nord for Limfjorden'') is the northernmost part of continental Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts of Ve ...

to the north of the former municipality from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula. Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into

Lemvig Municipality Lemvig Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 516.63 km2, and has a population of 18,800 (2025). Its may ...

. This created a municipality with an area of 510 km² and a total population of 22,760 (2005). The new municipality belongs to

Central Denmark Region The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform. The refo ...

(''Region Midtjylland'').

External links

Lemvig municipality's official website (Danish only)

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thyboron-Harboore Former municipalities of Denmark