Højer

Højer, is a town with a population of 1,181 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 . Its last mayor was Peter Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats political party.The coastal area of the former municipality is a nature reserve.The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform 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 . 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 .