Hjørring Municipality

Hjørring Municipality
Hjørring Kommune (Danish)
Hjørring - Springvandspladsen
Hjørring [in red] is north of Aalborg, off Denmark's Jutland peninsula.
Coordinates: 57°28′00″N 9°59′00″E / 57.4667°N 9.9833°E / 57.4667; 9.9833
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
SeatHjørring
Government
 • MayorSøren Smalbro
Area
 • Total
929.58 km2 (358.91 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2025)
 • Total
63,311
 • Density68.107/km2 (176.40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
Websitewww.hjoerring.dk

Hjørring Municipality (Danish: Hjørring Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in North Jutland Region 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 (358.91 sq mi), making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 63,311 (2025).

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Hjørring. Other towns in the municipality includes the harbour town of Hirtshals to the north, sea side resorts Løkken and Lønstrup to the west, Tårs and Vrå to the south and Sindal and Bindslev to the East.

Hjørring 25,600
Hirtshals 5,700
Sindal 3,000
Vrå 2,500
Tårs 1,900
Løkken 1,600
Bindslev 1,000
Tornby 1,000

On 1 January 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.