It borders the municipalities of Thisted, Vesthimmerland, Aalborg, Brønderslev and Hjørring.

Since the municipality's foundation in 2007 the mayor has been Mogens Christian Gade of the Venstre party.

The name of the region, the Jammerbugt, translating to the Bay of Woe, was originally given due to the numerous shipwrecks laid there.

[3] In 1842 Denmark was divided into smaller administrative divisions, namely parish municipalities (Danish: sognekommunner).

The remainder of the western, central and eastern parts of Aabybro are mainly residential areas.

The southern part of the town has an industrial area, which also includes a number of shops and a school.

It is located close to nearby vacation homes, and hosts a yearly shopping event during the summer.

Grønhøj, located in the northern part of the municipality, is connected to Løkken and is a large area with vacation homes.

In the forest breed several birds, including the European green woodpecker and Eurasian nuthatch.

[23] Vester Thorup Dune Plantation is home to a rich flora, including plants such as drug eyebright, deer fern, wintergreen, rought horsetail, lesser twayblade, marsh helleborine, butterwort, moonwort, Danish kidneyvetch and field gentian.

[24] Although the flora is similar in most of the dune plantations along the municipality's coast, there are slight differences.

In the Fosdal Plantation, located slightly north between Fjerritslev and Brovst, is a heath which is home to the wolf's bane, a rare plant in Denmark.

[25] The fauna in the municipality's dune plantation include many birds and insects.

[26] The carpenter ant can be found in Vester Thorup Dune Plantation.

The marsh fritillary, rare in Denmark, can be found in Tranum Dune Plantation.

[27] Birds breeding in the plantations include nightjar, redstart, European pied flycatcher and red-backed shrike.

Also protected is seven separate areas, amounting to 415 acres total, located between Rødhus and Løkken.

It is the remnant of an extensive raised peat bog, in large part drained by constructed canals in the early 20th century.

The area is subject to further exploration in order to protect it from destructive fishing practices, preserving newly documented species such as Dead Man’s Finger coral (Alcyonium digitatum), which had never before been recorded in the area.

[4] Jammerbugt's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

The coat of arms of Jammerbugt Municipality is named Fuglen (Danish for "The Bird").

The bird is free and embraces the entire area as a whole, while marking the coastline of Jammerbugt Municipality.

It is meant to symbolise unity, openness, focus on the future and recreational nature areas.