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Herlev Municipality

Herlev Municipality

Municipality in Hovedstaden, Denmark

Herlev Municipality (Danish: Herlev Kommune) is a suburban municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 12 km², and has a total population of 29,215 (1. January 2023). Its mayor is Thomas Gyldal Petersen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The former village Herlev is the largest settlement of the municipal and the site of the municipal council.

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Neighboring municipalities are Gladsaxe to the east and northeast, Furesø Municipality to the north, Ballerup to the west, Glostrup to the southwest, Rødovre to the south, and Copenhagen to the southeast.

Herlev municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Politics

Municipal council

Herlev's municipal council consists of 19 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

Herlev is twinned with:[2]

See also

See also: Herlev § Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. [2]
    "Lidt om Herlev Kommune". mann.dk (in Danish). Lars Mann Pedersen. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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