Hjørring Municipality
Hjørring Municipality (Danish: Hjørring Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in North Jutland Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 929.58 km2 (358.91 sq mi), making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 63,998 (2023). Its current mayor is Arne Boelt, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
Hjørring Municipality
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Municipality | |
Hjørring - Springvandspladsen | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 57°28′00″N 9°59′00″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Jutland |
| Seat | Hjørring |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Arne Boelt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 929.58 km2 (358.91 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2023) | |
| • Total | 63,998 |
| • Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Hjørring. Other towns in the municipality includes the harbour town of Hirtshals to the north, sea side resorts Løkken and Lønstrup to the west, Tårs and Vrå to the south and Sindal and Bindslev to the East.
| Hjørring | 25,600 |
| Hirtshals | 5,700 |
| Sindal | 3,000 |
| Vrå | 2,500 |
| Tårs | 1,900 |
| Løkken | 1,600 |
| Bindslev | 1,000 |
| Tornby | 1,000 |
On 1 January 2007 Hjørring municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Hirtshals, Løkken-Vrå, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality.