'Sindal' is a town and a former municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Hjørring municipality in
Region Nordjylland on the island of
Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the
Jutland peninsula in northern
Denmark. The former Sindal municipality covered an area of 242
km², and had a total population of 9,425 (2005).
On
January 1,
2007 Sindal municipality ceased to exist due to
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing
Hirtshals,
Hjørring, and
Løkken-Vrå municipalities to form an expanded Hjørring municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 929,58
km² and a total population of ca. 67,816.
The town's original name was Soldalen (lit. "Sun Valley").
External links
★
Hjørring municipality's official website (Danish only)
References
★ Municipal statistics:
NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
★ Municipal mergers and neighbors:
Eniro new municipalities map