Ballerup_Municipality

Ballerup Municipality

Ballerup Municipality

Municipality in Hovedstaden, Denmark

Ballerup Kommune (Danish: [ˈpɛˀləʁop kʰoˈmuːnə]) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34.09 km2, and has a population of 50,039 (1. January 2023).[1] It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup.

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Måløv church

Overview

As of November 2020, the mayor is Jesper Würtzen of the Social Democrats.[2]

Other than Ballerup, the towns that make up the municipality are Måløv and Skovlunde.

Neighboring municipalities are Herlev to the east, Furesø to the north, Egedal to the west, and Albertslund and Glostrup to the south.

The geography of Ballerup municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Economy

The municipality is home to companies such as GN Store Nord, Orbicon and Leo Pharma and Toms International.

Politics

Municipal council

Ballerup's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

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Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Ballerup is twinned with:[3]

Ballerup also cooperates with Ystad in Sweden.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    BY2: Population 1. January by municipality The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. [2]
    "Kommunalbestyrelsen". ballerup.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  3. [3]
    "Kommunens internationale samarbejder". ballerup.dk (in Danish). Ballerup Kommune. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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