Morsø Municipality

Location in Denmark

Morsø municipality is a municipality (Dens, kommune) in the North Denmark Region in northren Denmark. The municipality is locatit on the island o Morsø or Mors, an island in the Limfjord, the soond that separates the island o Vendsyssel-Thy frae the rest o Jutland Peninsula. The municipality includes the smawer island o Agerø, an covers an aurie o 368 km². It haes a tot population o 22,091 (2008). Its mayor is Egon Pleidrup Poulsen, a member o the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) poleetical pairty.

The main toun an the steid o its municipal cooncil is the toun o Nykøbing Mors.

Acause Morsø municipality comprises the entirety o the island, aw municipal neighbors are separatit bi a body o watter.

The 382 meter lang Vilsund Bridge (Vilsundbro) connects the municipality at the toun o Sundby ower the Vil Strait tae the toun o Vilsund Vest in Thisted Municipality.

The 1,717 meter lang Sallingsund Bridge, which opened on 30 Mey 1978, connects the municipality at the toun o Nykøbing Mors ower the Sallin Strait tae the toun o Sallingsund. Afore the brig wis biggit thare wis a train ferry connection ower the strait frae the toun o Nykøbing tae Glyngøre, an a car ferry connection atween Pinen at Mors an Plagen at Salling (e.g. "The Torment an the Plague").

Morsø municipality wis no mergit wi ither municipalities bi 1 Januar 2007 as the result o naitionwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" o 2007).

Attractions

• Dueholm Closter (Dueholm Kloster)
• Højris
• Jesperhus Flouer Pairk (Jesperhus Blomsterpark)
• Moler Museum (Molermuseum)

Freemit airtins

• Municipality's offeecial wabsteid

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, delivered frae KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers an neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine