Lemvig Municipality
Lemvig Municipality
Lemvig Kommune (Danish) | |
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{{#property:P41}} Flag {{#property:P94}} Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Midtjylland |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jens Lønberg (C) |
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| Population (1 January 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 18,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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 km2, and has a population of 18,800 (2025). 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Attractions
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- 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
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source]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 | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | K | N | O | V | Æ | |||||
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 77.3% | Erik Flyvholm (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 74.9% | |||||
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 77.5% | |||||||
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 76.7% | ||||||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 73.1% | |||||||
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 76.6% | Jens Lønberg (C) | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013,2017 and 2021. Data from valg.dk 2025 | |||||||||||||
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Vilhelm Prior (1835 in at Mølgård in Vandborg Parish, west of Lemvig - 1910) a Danish book dealer and publisher
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Limfjordscup Big international footballtournament in Lemvig
External links
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- Municipality's official website
- Lemvig tourist bureau (in English, German and Danish)
- Lemvig Gliding Club, the airfield, the district and some history
- Big international footballtournament in Lemvig
- The biggest youth basketball tournament in Denmark
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