Location of Lemvig municipality

Lemvig Church in the center of Lemvig, Denmark. Photograph: Gerd Thiele. August 2, 2005

Lemvig is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 510 km², and has a population of 22,760 (2005). Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 470 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 869 pixel, file size: 304 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lemvig Church in the center of Lemvig, Denmark. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 470 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 869 pixel, file size: 304 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Lemvig Church in the center of Lemvig, Denmark. ... Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner). ... Region Midtjylland (English: Region Central Jutland) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties (amter) with five larger regions. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland; Frisian Jutlân; Low German Jötlann) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the only non-insular part of Denmark and also the northernmost part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Venstre[1] (IPA: , in Danish literally: Left), full name: Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti (Venstre, Liberal Party of Denmark) is the largest political party in Denmark, founded with a basis on free market Liberalism, now a right-of-centre party. ... The Folketing in session. ...

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Lemvig. The town has a population of 7,282.

The current municipality was enlarged on January 1, 2007 as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007) when the former Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality was merged into the existing Lemvig municipality. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner). ... Until January 1, 2007 Thyborøn-Harboøre was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Ringkjøbing County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. ...

A significant part of its southern border is defined by the waters of Bøvling Fjord, Indfjorden and Nissum Fjord. A string 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. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...

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.

The municipality was originally created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes: A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...

• 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

Nørre Nissum is a small, ordinary village situated in western Jutland, Denmark. ...

Attractions

Bovbjerg Fyr.

• The museum of religious art (Museet for religiøs kunst)
• Bovbjerg Fyr, a light tower at the western coast near Ferring
• Ramme Dige
• Jens Søndergård Museum in Ferring
• Lemvig Museum in the town of Lemvig
• The planetstien ("planet trail") at the edge of Lemvig town shows a model of the solar system at a scale of 1:1.000.000.000. In a small park at the edge of the town you find the sun, 1.4 metres in diameter. 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.

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The town of Lemvig

Lemvig is a 750 year-old market town, and received its municipal charter in 1545. One of the landmarks of Lemvig is the town church from the 13th century. The old town is situated between an inlet, a lake and some hills. The nearby areas of natural beauty were shaped during the last Ice Age. Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...

The town is situated 10 kilometers (6¼ miles) from the North Sea, 375 kilometers (234 miles) from Copenhagen, Denmark's capital, and 781 kilometers (488 miles) to London, England (as the crow flies). For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Big international footballtournament in Lemvig
• Municipality's official website
• Lemvig tourist bureau (in English, German and Danish)

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
• Limfjordscup Big international footballtournament in Lemvig

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