Thisted Municipality
municipality in Denmark
Thisted Municipality (Danish: Thisted Kommune) is a kommune in North Jutland Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,072 km2, and has a total population of 42,572 (2026). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thisted.
On 1 January 2007 Thisted municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Hanstholm and Sydthy municipalities to form a new Thisted municipality.
Locations
Thy
Thisted municipality is roughly identical with the traditional district of Thy, except that the municipality includes a small portion of the district Hanherred, but not the southernmost peninsula of Thy, Thyholm.
Potential name change
In November 2023, the municipal council voted, by 17 to 10, to advance with a proposal to change the name of the municipality to Thy Municipality. The next step was to have a feel among the citizens to see whether it should be changed. A final decision was set to take place on February 27, 2024.
The proposal was then rejected in a digital citizen consultation by 62.5 % of the participants. The turnout was 54 %.
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