Løgumkloster

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Løgumkloster (German:Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder municipality in Region Syddanmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. Its name testifies that the town was once the site of the Cistercian Løgum Abbey, in the then Catholic diocese of Ribe.

Until 1 January 2007, Løgumkloster was also a municipality, covering an area of 200 km² and with a total population of 6,846 (2005). Its last mayor was Kaj Armann, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:

Bedsted Parish
Højst Parish
Løgumkloster Parish
Nørre Løgum Parish.

Løgumkloster municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged withBredebro, Højer, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form an enlarged Tønder municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km² and a total population of 42,645 (2005).