Højer

Højer (German:Hoyer, North Frisian Huuger), is a town with a population of 1,255 (1 January 2011) and a former municipality in south Denmark, in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula. The municipality covered an area of 117 km², and had a total population of 2,861 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The coastal area of the former municipality is a nature reserve. The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes: On 1 January 2007 Højer municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with...