Struer commune

	Struer
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Midtjylland
Region :	Vestjylland
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Struer Kommune ; Thyholm Kommune
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Ringkjøbing Office
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Hjerm Herred ; Skodborg Herred ; Refs Herred
Office (until 1970) :	Ringkøbing Office
Residents :	21,036 (2020)
Area :	246.20 km² (2014)
Population density :	85 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	671
Administration headquarters:	Struer
Address:	Østergade 11–15 ; 7600 Struer
Mayor:	Niels Viggo Lynghøj ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.struer.dk
Sister cities :	Södertälje Sarpsborg Forssa; ;

The Danish municipality of Struer on the Limfjord in northwest Jutland has a total population of 21,036 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and an area of 246.20 km². It lies in the administrative region of Midtjylland .

The municipal area includes the main town of Struer, the Thyholm peninsula and the islands of Jegindø and Venø . The combined road and rail bridge Oddesundbroen connects Struer northwards with Thyholm and Thy .

The municipality was created on January 1, 2007 as part of the local government reform through the merger of the two smaller municipalities Struer and Thyholm in the Ringkjøbing office . On December 3, 2015, a referendum took place on the merger of Struer with the larger neighboring municipality of Holstebro : In Holstebro 54.8 percent rejected a merger, in Struer 67.9 percent.

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
Asp Sogn	1,145	Asp linden	350 398
Fousing Sogn	311
Gimsing Sogn	2,181
Hjerm Sogn	1,326	Hjerm	1,076
Humlum Sogn	2,360	Bremdal Humlum	1,703 816
Hvidbjerg Sogn	1,707	Hvidbjerg	1,111
Jegindø Sogn	389	Any	<200
Lyngs Sogn	280
Odby Sogn	420	Uglev	206
Resen Sogn	1,171	Resenstad	288
Struer Sogn	8,148	Struer	10.303
Søndbjerg Sogn	246
Vejrum Sogn	530	Vejrumstad	<200
Venø Sogn	178
Ølby Sogn	248