Løkken-Vrå

For other uses, see Løkken.

Løkken-Vrå Municipality Løkken-Vrå Kommune
Former municipality
Former town hall in Vrå
Country	Denmark
County	North Jutland County
Municipality reform of 2007	1 January 2007
Area
• Total	181 km^2 (70 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	8,828

Løkken-Vrå was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the North Jutland County, Denmark until 1 January 2007. It was located on the northwest coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy on the northern Jutland peninsula.

The town of Løkken

The municipality covered an area of 181 km² (70 sq mi), and had a total population of 8,828 (2005). The two main towns were Vrå and Løkken, where Vrå acted as the seat of the municipal council.

Coat of arms of Løkken-Vrå municipality

Løkken-Vrå municipality ceased to exist following the Municipality Reform of 2007 (Danish: kommunalreformen). It was merged with existing Hjørring, Hirtshals, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality with a total area of 929 km² (359 sq mi) and a total population of ca. 67,816. The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").

Mayors

• Valdemar Langthjem, 1970–1975
• Jens Baggesen, 1975–1986
• Søren Jensen, 1986–1987
• Birte Andersen, 1986–1994
• Knud Rødbro, 1994–2007^[1]

Notable people

• Katja Schumann (born 1949) a retired circus performer; in 2015 she purchased a dilapidated former pig farm in Løkken-Vrå, renovated the property into a working animal farm, seasonal circus, and museum.
• Lone Træholt (born 1958 in Løkken) the first woman in the Danish armed forces to obtain the rank of General

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

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1. "Danske Kommuner - Søgning". Danske Kommuner. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

External links

• Hjørring municipality's official website (Danish only)