Morsø Municipality (Danish: Morsø Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Nordjylland in northern Denmark. The municipality is located on the island of Morsø or Mors, an island in the Limfjord, the sound that separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy from the rest of Jutland Peninsula. The municipality includes the smaller island of Agerø, and covers an area of 368 km2. It has a total population of 19,734 (2024). Its mayor is Egon Pleidrup Poulsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
Morsø Municipality
Morsø Kommune (Danish) | |
|---|---|
 Vildsund Øst | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 56°47′00″N 8°45′00″E / 56.7833°N 8.75°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Nordjylland |
| Established | 1 April 1970 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 364.42 km2 (140.70 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,734 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Nykøbing Mors.
| Nykøbing Mors | 9,100 |
| Øster Jølby | 660 |
| Sundby | 460 |
| Vils | 430 |
| Erslev | 370 |
| Sejerslev | 310 |
Because Morsø municipality comprises the entirety of the island, all municipal neighbors are separated by a body of water.
The 382-metre (1,253 ft) long Vilsund Bridge (Vilsundbro) connects the municipality at the town of Sundby over the Vil Strait to the town of Vilsund Vest in Thisted municipality.
The 1,717-metre (5,633 ft) long Sallingsund Bridge, which opened on 30 May 1978, connects the municipality at the town of Nykøbing Mors over the Salling Strait to the town of Sallingsund. Before the bridge was built there was a train ferry connection over the strait from the town of Nykøbing to Glyngøre, and a car ferry connection between Pinen at Mors and Plagen at Salling (i.e. "Pinen og Plagen" meaning "the Pain and the Torment").
Morsø municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Politics
editMunicipal council
editMorsø's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | C | F | I | I | M | M | O | V | Z | ||||
| 2005 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 76.3% | Egon Plejdrup Poulsen (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 73.9% | Lauge Larsen (A) | |||||
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 80.0% | Hans Ejner Bertelsen (V) | ||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 77.1% | ||||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Attractions
edit- Dueholm Cloister (Dueholm Kloster)
- Højris
- Jesperhus Flower Park (Jesperhus Blomsterpark)
- Moler Museum (Molermuseum)
References
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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