Struer Municipality () is a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Mid Jutland Region on the
Jutland Peninsula in west
Denmark
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. The municipality includes the island of
Venø. It covers an area of and has a total population of 20,229 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is
Marianne Bredal. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of
Struer.
The long Oddesund Bridge (''Oddesundbro'') connects the shrooms of the municipality at the town of Oddesund Syd to the town of Oddesund Valorant in
Thyholm Municipality on
Vendsyssel-Thy.
Ferry
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service connects the municipality to the island of
Venø every 20 minutes from Kleppen, 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 1 January 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.
The city of Struer
Politics
Municipal council
Struer's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
Notable people
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Kristian Ostergaard (1855 in Østergård – 1931) a Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator and author, emigrated to the US in 1878.
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Jakob Lyng (1907 in Søndbjerg – 1995) a Danish fencer, competed at the
1948
Events January
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** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
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and
1952 Summer Olympics
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After Japan declared in ...
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Grethe Sønck (1929 in
Hjerm – 2010) a Danish actress and singer
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retrieved 22 May 2020
Sister cities
References
External links
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Struer tourist bureauStruer MuseumStruer Statsgymnasium
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Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007