Sundsøre municipality

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Sundsøre municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Viborg County on the Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Fur, and covers an area of 171 km². It has a total population of 6,464 (2005). Its mayor is Flemming Eskildsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Breum, which is in the postal district of Roslev, a town in neighboring Sallingsund municipality.

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Sallingsund to the west, and Spøttrup and Skive to the southwest. Neighboring municipality Farsø to the east is separated from the municipality by Skive Fjord, Hvalp Strait (Hvalpsund), and Risgårde Bredning, parts of the larger Limfjord which separates the main part of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy to the north, and which define the municipality's eastern border.

To the north are the waters of the Limfjord, Fur Strait (Fur Sund), and Risgårde Bredning. The municipality's island of Fur is located north of the municipality's mainland in these waters.

Ferry service connects the municipality near the town of Selde northwest over Fur Strait to the town of Stenøre on the island, and at the town of Sundsøre southeast over Hvalp Strait to the town of Hole.

By January 1, 2007 Sundsøre municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), be merged with existing Spøttrup, Sallingsund and Skive municipalities to form the new Skive municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 682 km² and a total population of 48,368 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").

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