Until 1 January 2007 Hanstholm municipality was a Danish municipality (Danish, kommune) in Viborg County on the northwest coast of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark.
The municipality covered an area of 216 km²,[1] and had a total population of 5,786 (2005).
[2] Its last mayor was Ejner Frøkjær, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hanstholm.
This created a municipality with an area of 1,072 km² and a total population of 46,158 (2005).