# Lemvig Municipality

Lemvig Municipality (Danish: Lemvig Kommune) 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 km$^2$, and has a population of 19,110 (2024). Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Lemvig. The town has a population of 6,966.
The current municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007 as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) when the former Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality was merged into the existing Lemvig municipality.
A significant part of its southern border is defined by the waters of Bøvling Fjord, Indfjorden and Nissum Fjord. A string of islands define the western perimeter of the waters south of the municipality; some of these islands belong to the municipality, and others belong to its southern neighbor, Ulfborg-Vemb. These waters at the municipality's southern border, encompassing the three fjords, plus Fejsted Kog is a national park.
The Lem Cove (Lem Vig) leads into the town of Lemvig from Nissum Bredning. Lake Ferring (Ferring Sø) lies north of the town of Ferring.

## Locations

The municipality was originally created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
* Bøvling Parish
* Dybe Parish
* Fabjerg Parish
* Ferring Parish
* Fjaltring Parish
* Flynder Parish
* Gudum Parish
* Heldum Parish
* Hove Parish
* Hygum Parish
* Lemvig Parish
* Lomborg Parish
* Møborg Parish
* Nees Parish
* Nørlem Parish
* Nørre Nissum Parish
* Ramme Parish
* Rom Parish
* Trans Parish
* Tørring Parish
* Vandborg Nissum Parish
The four largest locations in the Municipality are:
| Lemvig | 6,900 |
| Thyborøn | 2,000 |
| Harboøre | 1400 |
| Nørre Nissum | 990 |

### The town of Lemvig
## Attractions

* The museum of religious art (Museet for religiøs kunst)
* Bovbjerg Fyr, a light tower at the western coast near Ferring
* Ramme Dige
* Jens Søndergård Museum in Ferring
* Lemvig Museum in the town of Lemvig
* The planetstien ("planet trail") at the edge of Lemvig town shows a model of the Solar System at a scale of 1:1.000.000.000. The model of the Sun, 1.4 metres in diameter, is in a small park on the edge of town. The other planets follow along a path far out of town, represented as small bronze balls on granite pedestals. The outer planet, Pluto, is nearly 5 kilometres away from the Sun. The trail is part of the Lemvig Museum.

## Politics
### Municipal council

Lemvig's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor |
| Election | A | B | C | F | K | N | O | V | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor |
| 2005 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 15 | 25 | 77.3% | Erik Flyvholm (V) |
| 2009 | 4 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 2 | 8 | 21 | 74.9% | Erik Flyvholm (V) |
| 2013 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | 12 | 21 | 77.5% | Erik Flyvholm (V) |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 12 | 21 | 76.7% | Erik Flyvholm (V) |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | 11 | 21 | 73.1% | Erik Flyvholm (V) |
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013,2017 and 2021 ||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Vilhelm Prior (1835 in at Mølgård in Vandborg Parish, west of Lemvig - 1910) a Danish book dealer and publisher