Editing Lemvig Municipality

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'''Lemvig Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Lemvig Kommune}}) is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') in [[Region Midtjylland]] on the west coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in west [[Denmark]].  The municipality covers an area of 516.63&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and has a population of 18,800 (2025).  Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|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 [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''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 <!-- names 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]]<!-- called what? -->.

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 {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing [[parish]]es:
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* 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:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Lemvig]] || align="center"| 6,900
|-
| [[Thyborøn]] || align="center"| 2,000
|-
| [[Harboøre]] || align="center"| 1400
|-
| [[Nørre Nissum]] || align="center"| 990
|}

===The town of Lemvig===
{{main|Lemvig}}

==Attractions==
[[Image:Bovbjerg Fyr Leuchtturm.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Bovbjerg Fyr.]]
* The museum of religious art (Museet for religiøs kunst)<!-- expand with text -->
* Bovbjerg Fyr, a light tower at the western coast near Ferring<!-- expand with text -->
* ''Ramme Dige''<!-- expand with text -->
* [[Jens Søndergaard|Jens Søndergård]] Museum in Ferring<!-- expand with text -->
* [[Lemvig Museum]] in the town of Lemvig<!-- expand with text -->
* The ''planetstien'' ("planet trail") at the edge of Lemvig town shows [[Solar System model|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 [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="8"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#EC7D14;"|'''[[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|K}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Land- og Bylisten|{{font color|white|N}}}}'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|1
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|15
|25
|77.3%
|rowspan="5"|Erik Flyvholm (V)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|4
|3
|3
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="4"|
|2
|8
|rowspan="4"|21
|74.9%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|5
|2
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|1
|12
|77.5%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|4
|1
|1
|2
|1
|12
|76.7%
|-
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|4
|1
|3
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|
|11
|73.1%
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013],[https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84713665.htm 2021]
|}

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

==References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
* Limfjordscup [http://www.limfjordscup.dk/ Big international footballtournament in Lemvig]

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.lemvig.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.visitlemvig.dk Lemvig tourist bureau (in English, German and Danish)]
* [http://lemvig.com/english.htm Lemvig Gliding Club, the airfield, the district and some history]
* [http://www.limfjordscup.dk/ Big international footballtournament in Lemvig]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011092514/http://lemvigbasket.dk/viewpage.php?page_id=35 The biggest youth basketball tournament in Denmark]
<!-- * * [http://www.lemvig.info Besøg Lemvig Købstad - Vestjyllands smilehul] As it is not in English, and not terribly important I say remove this listing.  Move to Danish Wiki if desired.  -->

{{Lemvig Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Lemvig
 | N = [[Thisted Municipality|Thisted]] ([[North Jutland Region|Nordjylland]])<br/>''[[Limfjord]]''
 | E = [[Struer Municipality|Struer]]
 | S = [[Holstebro Municipality|Holstebro]]
 | W = ''[[North Sea]]''
}}
{{Central Denmark Region}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
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