Løkken-Vrå
Template:Other uses Template:Infobox settlement Løkken-Vrå was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the North Jutland County, Denmark until 1 January 2007. It was located on the northwest coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy on the northern Jutland peninsula.
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The municipality covered an area of Template:Cvt, and had a total population of 8,828 (2005). The two main towns were Vrå and Løkken, where Vrå acted as the seat of the municipal council.
Løkken-Vrå municipality ceased to exist following the Municipality Reform of 2007 (Danish: kommunalreformen). It was merged with existing Hjørring, Hirtshals, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality with a total area of Template:Cvt and a total population of ca. 67,816. The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").
Mayors
[edit]- Valdemar Langthjem, 1970–1975
- Jens Baggesen, 1975–1986
- Søren Jensen, 1986–1987
- Birte Andersen, 1986–1994
- Knud Rødbro, 1994–2007<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
[edit]- Katja Schumann (born 1949) a retired circus performer; in 2015 she purchased a dilapidated former pig farm in Løkken-Vrå, renovated the property into a working animal farm, seasonal circus, and museum.
- Lone Træholt (born 1958 in Løkken) the first woman in the Danish armed forces to obtain the rank of General
References
[edit]- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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