Place:Løkken-Vrå, Hjørring, Denmark

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NameLøkken-Vrå
Alt namesFurrebysource: Family History Library Catalog
Lokkensource: Wikipedia
Løkkensource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates57.367°N 9.733°E
Located inHjørring, Denmark
Also located inNørrejylland, Denmark    
Contained Places
Parish
Furreby Sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Løkken-Vrå was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the North Jutland County, Denmark until January 1, 2007. It was located on the northwest coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy on the northern Jutland peninsula.

The municipality covered an area of , and had a total population of 8,828 (2005). The two main towns were Vrå and Løkken, where Vrå acted as the seat of the municipal council.

Løkken-Vrå municipality ceased to exist following the Municipality Reform of 2007 (Danish: kommunalreformen). It was merged with existing Hjørring, Hirtshals, and Sindal municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring municipality with a total area of and a total population of ca. 67,816. The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").

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