Furesø Municipality (Danish: Furesø Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Denmark. It has a population of 42,533 (1. January 2024) and a total area of 55.68 km2 (21.50 sq.mi.) with water and forest making up around 10 and 15 km2, respectively. The municipality belongs to the Copenhagen Capital Region and lies 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. Its mayor is Ole Bondo Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. It is a municipality with much forest and access to several lakes, of which it is named after the largest, Furesøen, which has a popular beach with rest rooms, a small candy/ice shop and in addition sportsboat (competition) clubs and a restaurant open all year.
Furesø Municipality
Furesø Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Værløse Museum | |
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| Coordinates: 55°47′44″N 12°22′27″E / 55.79556°N 12.37417°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Seat | Værløse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ole Bondo Christensen (S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 56.81 km2 (21.93 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 42,533 |
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 190 |
| Website | www |
Værløse Air Base
editIn September 2008, it was decided by the Ministry of the Environment that Flyvestation Værløse, a former air base - Denmark's first - situated 17 km from the City Hall square of Copenhagen and offered to the municipality to own, would be granted legally protected status from extensive real estate exploitation. This decision was appealed and The Environmental Board of Appeal (Natur- og Miljøklagenævnet) in 2009 overturned this decision. Before being given to the municipality to own, the Ministry of Defence sold some of the approximately 440 hectares of land to developers of private homes. Most of the former air base has since been made into an open air recreational area. A movie/media production company is located there. This offer (to own the former air base) was a consequence of the actions by the former mayor of Farum Municipality Peter Brixtofte, who was imprisoned in 2008.
Transport
editThe last three stations, namely Hareskov, Værløse and the terminus Farum, of one S-train commuter train line from Copenhagen are located in the municipality. The terminus at the other end of this line is Høje Taastrup. The Greater Copenhagen Light Rail being built in the suburbs and inaugurated in 2025 runs between Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality to the north and Ishøj Municipality to the south parallel to but outside the municipal border of Copenhagen Municipality but will not (for now) have a station (on another, parallel line) in Furesø municipality.
History
editIt was established as a merger of the former municipalities of Farum in Frederiksborg County and Værløse in Copenhagen County on 1 January 2007 as a consequence of the Municipal Reform. The counties (Danish plural amtskommuner, singular amtskommune, literally county municipality) were abolished 1 January 2007 and replaced by regions, which are not municipalities.
Locations
edit| Farum | 20,199 |
| Værløse | 13,022 |
| Hareskovby | 3,751 |
| Jonstrup | 1,276 |
| Kirke Værløse | 982 |
| Laanshøj | 657 |
Population numbers as of 1 January 2021.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editFuresø's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | I | O | P | Q | U | V | Ø | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 81.8% | Jesper Bach (V) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 74.8% | Ole Bondo Christensen (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 79.1% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 76.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
External links
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- Official website of Furesø municipality
- Map
- Searchable/printable map of municipalities (Krak)(in Danish)(outline of municipality does not print out!)
- Printable map with outline of municipality (Krak)[permanent dead link](outline of municipality does not print out!)