Struer Municipality

 
Struer Municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Mid Jutland Region on the Jutland Peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Venø, and it covers an area of . It has a total population of 21,576 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Niels Viggo Lynghøj, a member of the Social Democrats party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Struer.
The long Oddesund Bridge ("Oddesundbro") connects the municipality at the town of Oddesund Syd to the town of Oddesund Nord in Thyholm Municipality on Vendsyssel-Thy. Ferry 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 January 1, 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.
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.
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