| Struer | |
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| Country |  Denmark |
| Region | Midtjylland |
| Created | 1970 |
| Enlargement | 2007 |
Struer Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland Peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Venø, and it covers an area of 248 km². It has a total population of 22,672 (2008). Its mayor is Martin Merrild, a member of the Venstre, the Liberal political party. [1] The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Struer.
The 472 meter long Oddesund Bridge (Oddesundbro) connects the municipality at the town of Oddesund Syd to the town of Oddesund Nord in Thyholm Municipality on Vendsyssel-Thy. Ferry service connects the municipality to the island of Venø every 20 minutes from Kleppen, 5 km northwest of the town of Struer.
Denmark's smallest church, built ca. 1600, is located on the island of Venø. The island has a population of approx. 160, of which most work on the mainland. The island is 7.5 km long and 1.5 km at its widest point.
On January 1, 2007 Struer municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Thyholm municipality to form an enlarged Struer municipality. [2]
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The city of Struer
Famous residents of the municipality
- Kristian Ostergaard ( 1855 - 1931) Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator and author.[3]
Sister cities
References
- ^ Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- ^ Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- ^ The Danish Folk High School and Its Reception in the United States: 1870s-1930s (Harold W. Stubblefield and Patrick Keane. Jossey-Bass Publishers. 1994)
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