Thisted Municipality
Thisted Municipality is a kommune in North Jutland Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km2, and has a total population of 42,698. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thisted.
On 1 January 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen, merged with Hanstholm and Sydthy municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.
Locations
Thy
Thisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district of Thy, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the district Hanherred, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy, Thyholm.Potential name change
In November 2023, the municipal council voted, by 17 to 10, to advance with a proposal to change the name of the municipality to Thy Municipality. The next step is to have a feel among the citizens to see whether it should be changed. A final decision is set to take place on February 27, 2024.Politics
Municipal council
Thisted's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Notable people
- Niels Andersen a Danish businessman and politician; created the first large construction company in Denmark; lived in Søholm from 1877
- Andreas Riis Carstensen a Danish painter who specialized in maritime scenes, notably of Greenland.
- Johan Skjoldborg a Danish educator, novelist, playwright and memoirist
- Andrew Petersen was a patternmaker, foundry company executive and politician in New York City
- Aage Oxenvad a Danish clarinetist who played in the Royal Danish Orchestra from 1909
- Erik Aalbæk Jensen a Danish writer and Lutheran minister
- Bent Larsen a Danish chess grandmaster and author
- Jonas Vingegaard a Danish cyclist