Thyborøn-Harboøre

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Thyborøn-Harboøre is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ringkjøbing County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 42 km², and has a total population of 4,690 (2005). Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Thyborøn.

Neighboring municipalities are Sydthy to the north and Lemvig to the south. The municipality lies for the most part on a spit of land, and is thus surrounded by water on three sides. To the east are the waters of Nissum Bredning, a large body of water connected to the North Sea, which lies directly to the west of the municipality. The waters of the North Sea enter the Nissum Bredning through the Thyborøn Channel (Thyboren Kanal), which lie directly to the north of the municipality, and which separate it from Sydthy municipality to the north. The Nissum Bredning is the westernmost part of the Limfjord (Limfjorden), a shallow sound that separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy to the north of the municipality from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula.

By January 1, 2007 Thyborøn-Harboøre municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Lemvig municipality to form the new Lemvig municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 510 km² and a total population of 22,760 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region").