Elsinore Municipality
Locations
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Helsingør.
| Helsingør | 47,000 |
| Hellebæk | 5,400 |
| Hornbæk | 3,600 |
| Saunte | 1,200 |
| Kvistgård | 1,100 |
| Tikøb | 710 |
| Gurre | 400 |
| Langesø | 290 |
Other towns and villages include
- Ålsgårde
- Espergærde
- Mørdrup
- Skotterup
- Snekkersten
- Stenstrup
To the east is the Øresund, the strait which separates Zealand from Sweden. To the north is the Kattegat.
Ferry service connects the municipality at the town of Helsingør east over the Øresund to the town of Helsingborg, Sweden. The European routes E47 and E55 traverse the two cities.
Helsingør municipality was not merged with other municipalities due to the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
History
The town as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He established the Sound Dues in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was made bigger in the 1580s and named Kronborg. Kronborg Castle, known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's theatre play Hamlet, is today the town's main tourist attraction.
Politics
Municipal council
Helsingør's municipal council consists of 25 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 | F | L | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 66.0% | Per Tærsbøl (C) | |||
| 2009 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 67.4% | Johannes Hect-Nielsen (V) | ||||
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 73.8% | Benedikte Kiær (C) | |||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 72.0% | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Economy
Local companies include the Noa Noa clothing company, Barslund, Bavarian Nordic and Peter Beier Chokolade.
Twin towns – sister cities
Helsingør is twinned with:
Harstad, Norway
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Sanremo, Italy
Umeå, Sweden
Uummannaq, Greenland
Vaasa, Finland
See also
References
- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Venskabsbyer". helsingor.dk (in Danish). Helsingør Kommune. Archived from the original on 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ "Les villes jumelles à Rueil". villederueil.fr (in French). Rueil-Malmaison. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ "Svezia, Danimarca e Giappone Gemellaggi diventati fuori moda". lastampa.it (in Italian). La Stampa. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
- Official website (in Danish)
- Helsingør tourist bureau
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