Hillerød Municipality

Coordinates: 55°56′00″N 12°19′00″E / 55.933333333333°N 12.316666666667°E / 55.933333333333; 12.316666666667
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Hillerød Municipality
Hillerød Kommune (Danish)
Coat of arms of Hillerød Municipality
Coordinates: 55°56′00″N 12°19′00″E / 55.933333333333°N 12.316666666667°E / 55.933333333333; 12.316666666667
CountryDenmark
RegionHovedstaden
Established1 January 2007
SeatHillerød
Government
 • MayorKirsten Jensen (A)
Area
 • Total212.99 km2 (82.24 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2023)[1]
 • Total54,159
 • Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code219
Websitewww.hillerod.dk Edit this at Wikidata

Hillerød Municipality (Danish: Hillerød Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 212.99 km² (82.24 sq. miles), and has a total population of 54,159 (1. January 2023). The mayor of the municipality as of 1 January 2018 is Kirsten Jensen, a member of the Social Democratic political party.

Overview[edit]

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town also named as Hillerød. The city of Hillerød also houses the administrative capital of Region Hovedstaden.

Neighboring municipalities are Fredensborg municipality to the east, Gribskov municipality to the north, Frederiksværk-Hundested municipality to the west, and Frederikssund and Allerød to the south.

On 1 January 2007, Hillerød municipality was merged with Skævinge municipality and Uvelse valgdistrikt of former Slangerup municipality as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), forming the new Hillerød municipality. At the same time, it became part of the capital of Region Hovedstaden, a new region that includes the Danish capital of Copenhagen, about 25 km to the southeast.

Arresø, the largest lake in Denmark, lies partly in the municipality.

Urban areas[edit]

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

# Locality Population
1 Hillerød 30,350
2 Skævinge 2,546
3 Nødebo 1,891
4 Ny Hammersholt 1,355
5 Tulstrup 1,249
6 Gadevang 1,116
7 Gørløse 1,058
8 Uvelse 983
9 Store Lyngby 847
10 Meløse 681

Politics[edit]

Municipal council[edit]

Hillerød's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

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

Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C D F I O T V Ø
2005 15 3 1 1 1 6 27 74.1% Nick Hækkerup (A)
2009 8 1 4 3 1 2 8 71.2% Kirsten Jensen (A)
2013 8 1 3 1 1 2 2 9 76.2% Dorte Meldgaard (C)
2017 9 2 1 1 2 1 10 1 74.2% Kirsten Jensen (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

Hillerød is twinned with:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "Twin towns". serbien.um.dk. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Retrieved 2021-04-16.

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