- Brovst
Brovst is a town in
Jammerbugt municipality in northernJutland in theRegion Nordjylland . To the north is Jammer Bay ("Jammerbugt "), and beyond that theSkagerrak , thestrait that separates Denmark fromNorway .Until
January 1 ,2007 , Brovst was also a municipality (Danish, "kommune") covering an area of 223 km², and having a total population of 8,340 (2005). Its last mayor is Mogens C. Gade, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.Brovst municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Fjerritslev ,Pandrup , andAabybro municipalities to form the new Jammerbugt municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 863 km² and a total population of 38,864 (2005).External links
* [http://www.jammerbugt.dk/ Jammerbugt municipality's official website (Danish only)]
References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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