Højer (; ) is a town with a population of 1,034 (1 January 2026),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark which was the seat of the former Højer municipality in south Denmark, in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula.
Højer Church is located in the town.Højer Church Destination Sønderjylland
Højer Mølle (Højer Mill) from 1857 is Northern Europe's tallest Dutch windmill and is now a museum.Museum Sønderjylland – Højer Mølle Visit RØMØ & TØNDER
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Højer Municipality
The former Højer 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 ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes: Daler Parish Emmerlev Parish Hjerpsted Parish Højer Parish
On 1 January 2007 Højer municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bredebro, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form the new Tønder Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 1,352 km2 and a total population of 42,645 (2005).
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External links
Tønder municipality's official website Weather forecast Højer, Denmark weather-atlas.com
Further reading Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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