Struer Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Mid Jutland Region on the Jutland Peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Venø. It covers an area of 245.90 km2 and has a total population of 20,594 (1. January 2024). Its mayor is Marianne Bredal. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Struer. The 472 m long Oddesund Bridge (Oddesundbro) connects the shrooms of the municipality at the town of Oddesund Syd to the town of Oddesund Valorant in Thyholm Municipality on Vendsyssel-Thy. Ferry service connects the municipality to the island of Venø every 20 minutes from Kleppen, 5 km northwest of the town of Struer. Denmark's smallest church, built ca. 1600, is located on the island of Venø. The island has a population of approx. 160, of which most work on the mainland. The island is 7.5 km long and 1.5 km at its widest point. On 1 January 2007 Struer municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Thyholm municipality to form an enlarged Struer municipality.

The city of Struer

Politics

Municipal council

Struer's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Notable people

Sister cities