Hjørring Municipality

	Hjørring
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Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	North Jylland
Region :	North Jylland
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Hjørring Municipality ; Hirtshals Municipality ; Løkken-Vrå Municipality ; Sindal Municipality
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Nordjyllands Amt
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Vennebjerg Herred ; Børglum Herred ; Horns Herred
Office (until 1970) :	Hjørring Office
Residents :	64,483 (2020)
Area :	925.70 km² (2014)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	860
Administration headquarters:	Hjørring
Post Code:	9480-9881
Address:	Nørregade 2 ; 9800 Hjørring
Mayor:	Arne Boelt ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.hjoerring.dk
Sister cities :	Kerava Kristiansand Reykjanesbær Trollhättan Runavík; ; ; ;

Local government Hjørring

Hjørring Kommune is a Danish municipality in the Nordjylland region . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform through the merger of the previous municipalities of Hjørring , Hirtshals , Løkken-Vrå and Sindal in Nordjyllands Amt .. The local government is based in the city of Hjørring .

The municipality extends over an area of 925.70 km² and has 64,483 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

Population development

Population on January 1st:

2007 - 67,118
2008 - 67,121
2010 - 66,803
2015 - 65,295
2020 - 64,483

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byområder (German: "urban areas") as defined by the statistical office ) are located in the municipality ; Population on January 1st, 2020, with a registered population of zero, the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

Sogn	Residents	Locality	Residents
Asdal Sogn	829	Åbyen	523
Astrup Sogn	1,138	Astrup	595
Bindslev Sogn	1,670	Bindslev	1,073
Bjergby Sogn	1,122	Bjergby	860
Børglum Sogn	737	Børglum	<200
Em Sogn	199
Harritslev Sogn	184
Hirtshals Sogn	5,753	Hirtshals	5,733
Horne Sogn	891	Horns	670
Hæstrup Sogn	347	Rake	399
Hørmested Sogn	767
Jelstrup Sogn	551	Dog level	229
Lendum Sogn	1,070	Lendum	519
Lyngby Sogn	124
Løkken-Furreby Sogn	1,719	Løkken	1,624
Mosbjerg Sogn	745	Mosbjerg	257
Mygdal Sogn	567
Mårup Sogn	638	Lønstrup	559
Rakkeby Sogn	508	Rakkeby	225
Rubjerg Sogn	347	Sønder Rubjerg	213
Sankt Catharinæ Sogn	13,957
Sankt Hans Sogn	4,536
Sankt Olai Sogn	3,974
Sejlstrup Sogn	157
Sindal Sogn	3,265	Sindal	3,057
Skallerup Sogn	501
Tolne Sogn	462	Tolne	<200
Tornby Sogn	1,404	Tornby	1.004
Tversted Sogn	830	Tversted	551
Tårs Sogn	3,287	Tårs	1,887
Uggerby Sogn	463	Uggerby	0
Ugilt Sogn	1,024	Lørslev	278
Vejby Sogn	184
Vennebjerg Sogn	468
Vidstrup Sogn	347	Vidstrup	0
Vrejlev Sogn	1,542	Poulstrup	433
Vrensted Sogn	621	Vrensted	307
Vrå Sogn	2,922	Vrå	2,474
		Hjørring	25,780

↑ ^a ^b Børglum had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2011, Tolne in 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Harken extends over the Sogne Vrejlev Sogn and Hæstrup Sogn .

Town twinning

The municipality of Hjørring has five town twinning agreements , four of which were taken over by the town of Hjørring during the 2007 local government reform .