Hjørring
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Hjørring is a town and a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Nordjylland on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 929,58 km², making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 67,121 (2008). Its mayor is Finn Olesen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Hjørring.
On January 1, 2007 Hjørring municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Hirtshals, Løkken-Vrå, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality.
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[edit] The town of Hjørring
![Hjørring [top left] is north of Aalborg, off Denmark's Jutland peninsula.](../../../../images/shared/1/1e/Map_Denmark_CIA_extended.gif)
The town of Hjørring is the largest town in Vendsyssel and has a population of 24,789 (2004). It is one of Denmark's oldest towns, and it celebrated its 750 year anniversary as a market town in 1993.
Archaeological discoveries show that the area was already populated 10,000 years ago.
A major fire burned down much of the town in 1819.
There are good educational opportunities in the town, as well as a large hospital.
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Dana Cup, one of the world's largest soccer tournaments, takes place in Hjørring at the end of July, with 17,000 soccer players from around the world. The tournament celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005.
In the history of the Dana cup there has only been one fight, between a young Scottish man and another. His was Kieran Melly and during the final of the 'Hit and Run' championship he thought he had 3 points left, when video replays showed that he in fact only had one left. Mr. Melly then attacked a member of the Chinese team and was disqualified.
The town is also the home for the Hjørring Revue (Hjørring revyen), a summer revue that has been a part of Hjørring's entertainment life since the 1920's.
Most recent addition to Hjørring is the new city shopping center, Metropol, situated right in the center of the city's shopping street. Metropol was inaugurated March 2008.
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- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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