Until January 1, 2007 Fjerritslev Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former North Jutland County, on the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord to the south and North Sea to the north. The municipality covered an area of 289.65 km2, and had a total population of 8,397 (2006). Its last mayor was Otto Kjær Larsen, a member of the Venstre political party.Danskekommuner.dk "Fjerritslev Kommune" Retrieved 22 December 2020
Fjerritslev Municipality bordered Brovst Municipality to the east, Løgstør Municipality to the south and the municipalities of Thisted and Hanstholm Municipality to the west.
The municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen 2007 (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with the Aabybro, Pandrup and Brovst municipalities to form the new Jammerbugt municipality. The new municipality belongs to the North Jutland Region.
History In the Middle Ages, Denmark was divided into syssels. The area that made up Fjerritslev Municipality was part of the hundred Han Hundred (Danish: Han Herred) and belonged to the syssel of Thysyssel. It later came under the fief of Aalborghus. In 1662 Han Hundred was merged with a number of hundreds and came under Åstrup, Sejlstrup, Børglum County. The county lasted until 1793. The area that made up Fjerritslev Municipality was under the hundred of Vester Han Hundred, which came under Thisted County in 1793. This county lasted until the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform where it came under the North Jutland County.Dis-danmark.dk "Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 til 1970" Retrieved 22 December 2020
In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: sognekommunner). The borders of these municipalities were largely based on the country's parishes. In the 1970 municipal reform these parish municipalities were dissolved. Seven parish municipalities were merged to create Fjerritslev Municipality. This municipality lasted until 2007 when it was merged with the municipalities of Brovst, Pandrup and Aabybro to form Jammerbugt Municipality.Denstoredanske.lex.dk "Jammerbugt Kommune" Retrieved 22 December 2020
Historical divisions Historical municipal divisions of Fjerritslev Municipality 2007 19701842TownsFjerritslevBonderupSkræmGøttrupHjortdalKlimVester TorupVust
Towns
Approximately 45% of the municipality's population lived in rural areas or small villages, and another approximate 40% in the town of Fjerritslev. The remaining 15% lived in the larger towns and villages of the municipality, these being Bonderup, Gøttrup, Klim and Vester Torup. Smaller villages in the municipality included Skræm, Vust and Hjortdal.Statistikbanken.dk "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 20 December 2020
Fjerritslev was located centrally in the municipality.
Below are the populations from 2006 of the five larger settlements of the municipality.Statistikbanken.dk "BEF4A Folketal 1. januar efter tid og byområder og landdistrikter" Retrieved 22 December 2020
Fjerritslev 3,375 Klim 529 Vester Torup 305 Bonderup 242 Gøttrup 220
Politics Municipal council Below are the municipal council elected since the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved. Election Party Totalseats Electedmayor1970431017Einar Damsgaard (...)19744211Arne Simonsen (...)197831112198131131985512Olav Larsen (...)1989411219934112Johan Svaneborg (...)19974616Otto Kjær Larsen (V)2001476Data from Statistikbanken.dk and editions of Kommunal Aarbog
Mayors Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Fjerritslev Municipality were:Danskekommuner.dk "Aabybro Kommune" Retrieved 20 December 2020 #MayorPartyTerm1 Einar Damsgaard Local party1970-19742 Arne Simonsen Local party1974-19863 Olav Larsen Local party1986-19944 Johan Svaneborg Local party1994-19985 Otto Kjær Larsen Venstre1998-2007
Parishes
The municipality consisted of ten parishes and eleven churches. Bejstrup Parish ( Bejstrup Church) Gøttrup Parish ( Gøttrup Church) Haverslev Parish (Haverslev Church) Hjortdal Parish (Hjortdal Church) Kettrup Parish (Kettrup Church) Klim Parish (Klim Church) Kollerup-Fjerritslev Parish (Fjerritslev Church, Kollerup Church) Skræm Parish ( Skræm Church) Vester Torup Parish (Vester Torup Church) Vust Parish ( Vust Church)
Symbols Fjerritslev Municipality's coat of arms was a red rooster standing in front of a yellow sun, on red background.
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