Højer
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Højer (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a town with a population of 1,066 (1 January 2024),<ref name="BY3">BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark</ref> which was the seat of the former Højer municipality in south Denmark, in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula.
Højer Municipality
[edit]The former Højer Municipality covered an area of 117 km2, and had a total population of 2,861 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The coastal area of the former municipality is a nature reserve.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a Template:Lang ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
- Daler Parish
- Emmerlev Parish
- Hjerpsted Parish
- Højer Parish
On 1 January 2007 Højer municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bredebro, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form the new Tønder Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km2 and a total population of 42,645 (2005).
Photos
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Windmill
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Tønder municipality's official website Template:In lang
- Weather forecast Højer, Denmark weather-atlas.com
Further reading
[edit]- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map