Allerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 67 km2, and has a population of 25,962 (1 January 2024). Its mayor is Karsten Längerich of the political party Venstre.
Allerød Municipality
Allerød Kommune (Danish) | |
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 City hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 55°52′00″N 12°22′00″E / 55.866666666667°N 12.366666666667°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | 1 April 1970 |
| Seat | Lillerød |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Karsten Längerich (V) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.44 km2 (26.04 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,962 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 201 |
| Website | www |
Overview
editThe main town, Lillerød (often referred to as 'Allerød'), is also the site of the municipal council. Smaller towns inside the municipality are Blovstrød and the towns of Lynge and Uggeløse, which have grown together
Allerød municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
The warm period after the last ice age (Wisconsin glaciation) is named the Allerød Oscillation after an archaeological site found at Allerød.
In 1797 six Bronze Age lurs was found in Lynge at Brudevælte.
Allerød is part of the Green Cities concept [2]
The zip/postal code for Lillerød is 3450.
Economy
editAllerød has a large concentration of technology companies in its industrial zones at the outskirts of the town. These include the hearing aid company Widex, Welltec, a developer of robotic technology for the off-shore industry and Weibel Scientific, a designer and manufacturer of continuous wave doppler radars. Hewlett-Packard's Danish headquarters moved to Allerød in 2004.[3] IBM has a large facility in Blovstrød, just outside Allerød, Widex in Vassingerød.
Other companies headquartered in Allerød are the engineering consultancy NIRAS, drug store and cosmetics chain MATAS, the development company Sjælsø Gruppen and the furniture companies Fritz Hansen and PP-Møbler.
Culture
editMungo Park is a small but very influential theatre, in the town centre.
Sports
editThe local badminton club, Lillerød BK, has won the Danish Badminton League four times and Europe League three times.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editAllerød'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 | D | E | E | F | O | R | V | Ø | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 77.8% | Eva Nejstgaard (C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 76.6% | Erik Lund (C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 82.0% | Jørgen Johansen (C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 81.1% | Karsten Längerich (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 78.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locations
edit| Lillerød | 16,762 |
| Lynge | 4,172 |
| Blovstrød | 2,938 |
| Nymølle | 344 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Green Cities concept in english" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ "HP indvier sit nye danske hovedsæde". Computerworld. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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