Hjørring Municipality

Hjørring Municipality is a municipality (Dens: kommune) in the North Denmark Region on the wast coast o the island o Vendsyssel-Thy at the top o the Jutland peninsulae in northren Denmark. The municipality covers an aurie o 929,58 km², makkin it the lairgest in Vendsyssel, an it haes a total population o 67,121 (2008). Its current mayor is Arne Boelt, a member o the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) poleetical pairty. The main toun an the steid o its municipal cooncil is the toun o Hjørring. Ither touns in the municipality includes the harbour toun o Hirtshals tae the north, sea side resorts Løkken an Lønstrup tae the wast, Tårs an Vrå tae the sooth an Sindal an Bindslev tae the East. On 1 Januar 2007 Hjørring municipality wis, as the result o Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" o 2007), mergit wi existin Hirtshals, Løkken-Vrå, an Sindal municipalities tae form an enlairgit Hjørring municipality. The toun o Hjørring The toun o Hjørring is the lairgest toun in Vendsyssel an haes a population o 24,789 (2004). It is ane o Denmark's auldest touns, an it celebratit its 750 year anniversary as a mercat toun in 1993. Airchaeological discoveries show that the aurie wis awready populatit 10,000 years ago. A major fire burned doun hintle o the toun in 1819. There are guid educational opportunities in the toun includin a gymnasium (the Dens equivalent o a heich schuil/pre college), a business gymnasium an a nursin schuil. See an aw Rubjerg Knude lichthoose Freemit airtins Media relatit tae Hjørring at Wikimedia Commons Municipality's offeecial wabsteid Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, delivered frae KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine