Egedal Municipality
Egedal Municipality (Danish: Egedal Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It covers an area of 125.79 km (48.57 sq mi) with a total population of 45,532 (1. January 2024).
History
On 1 January 2007 Egedal municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Ledøje-Smørum (Copenhagen County), Ølstykke (Frederiksborg County), and Stenløse (Frederiksborg County).
Locations
Ølstykke-Stenløse | 22,003 |
Smørumnedre | 9,949 |
Ganløse | 2,884 |
Veksø | 1,799 |
Slagslunde | 903 |
Ledøje | 773 |
Laanshøj | 597 |
Tangbjerg | 597 |
Buresø | 496 |
Søsum | 312 |
Politics
Municipal council
Egedal'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 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | E | F | I | O | V | ||||||
2005 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 77.1% | Svend Kjærgaard (V) | ||||
2009 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 73.7% | Willy Eliasen (V) | |||
2013 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 77.3% | |||||
2017 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 75.8% | Karsten Søndergaard (V) | ||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
References
- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egedal Kommune.
- Egedal travel guide from Wikivoyage
- The new Egedal Municipality's official website (Danish only)