Editing Thyholm Municipality

[[File:7790_Thyholm,_Denmark_-_panoramio.jpg | thumb | right]]Until January 1, 2007, '''Thyholm''' was a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') in the former [[Ringkjøbing County]] on the island of [[Vendsyssel-Thy]], a part of the [[Jutland]] [[peninsula]] in northwest [[Denmark]].  The municipality included the island of [[Jegindø]], and it covered an area of 76&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.  It had a total population of 3,577 (2005).  Its last mayor was Peter Gade, a member of the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]] (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'') [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of [[Hvidbjerg]].

[[File:Thyholm kommune skjold.png|thumb|Coat of arm of former Thyholm Municipality]]
The municipality was located on Thyholm, a peninsula connected to Sydthy by a very narrow stretch of land and road, ca. 1.5&nbsp;km long and .5&nbsp;km wide.  Except for this narrow land connection Thyholm was surrounded by the waters of the [[Limfjord]], which separates the island of [[Vendsyssel-Thy]] on which Thyholm is located from the Jutland peninsula to the south.  These waters defined most of the municipality's borders:

The 472 meter long [[Oddesund Bridge]] ({{langx|da|Oddesundbroen}}) connects the former municipality at the town of Oddesund Nord to the town of Oddesund Syd.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing [[parish]]es:
* [[Hvidbjerg Parish]]
* [[Jegindø Parish]]
* [[Lyngs Parish]]
* [[Odby Parish]]
* [[Søndbjerg Parish]]

Thyholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged into [[Struer Municipality]]. This created a municipality with an area of 248&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 22,752 (2005). The new municipality belongs to [[Region Midtjylland]] ("Mid-Jutland Region").

== External links ==
* [http://www.struer.dk/ Struer municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [http://thyholm.net/ Collection of links related to Thyholm (Danish only) ]

== References == 
* 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/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]

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