Glostrup Town Hall
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Glostrup, home to three quarters of the population. Other towns in the municipality are Hvissinge and Ejby. Until 1974 the town of Avedøre also belonged to this municipality. Being an exclave, it was merged into the neighbouring Hvidovre Municipality.
Neighboring municipalities are Rødovre to the east, Herlev and Ballerup to the north, Albertslund to the west, and Brøndby to the south.
Glostrup was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007, as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
The church of Glostrup originates from the 12th century.
Politics
Municipal council
Glostrup's municipal council consists of 19 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 | C | F | G | O | V | Ø | |||||||
2005 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 63.7% | Søren Enemark (A) | |||||
2009 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 60.6% | John Engelhart (V) | ||||
2013 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 66.7% | |||||||
2017 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 64.8% | ||||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
Sights
Town Hall
After a period of administration in a mansion, Glostrup municipality decided to build a new town hall in 1953. After a competition Arne Jacobsen was chosen as architect. The new town hall was inaugurated in 1959.
Economy
The municipality has twice as many employed within its borders compared with its own workforce, relying on both traditional industry, commerce and public institutions.
The largest employer in the municipality is Glostrup Hospital with 2,500 employees. Vestforbrænding in Ejby is Denmark's largest incineration plant. Major companies based in the municipality include Pandora, Kopenhagen Fur. International companies, whose Danish subsidiaries are based out of Glostrup, include Grontmij and Motorola Solutions.
Housing
Most of the municipality's housing stock is built between 1950 and 1975. 42 percent of its dwellings are owned by public housing corporations, primarily Glostrup Boligselskab formed by later mayor Valdemar Hansen in 1943. As a result of the influence of the housing corporation, more than half the housing stock is between 60 and 99 square meters.
As a result of the rising population in the Copenhagen area, Glostrup Municipality adopted a strategy in 2011 aiming on building 2000 new dwellings within the next four years. The dwellings are primarily detached houses and terraced houses planned in former industrial areas.
Parks and open spaces
The largest greenspace in Glostrup Municipality is Vestskoven ("The West Forest") that straddles the border with Albertslund where most of its 13 square kilometer are located. The West Rampart follows the eastern boundary of the municipality. Ehby Bog is located in the northeastern corner, on the border with Ballerup.
Population
The table show the population in Glostrup Municipality since 1890. Note the drop in population following the transfer of Avedøre to Hvidovre Municipality in 1974.
Year | Population | Year | Population |
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1890 | 1,709 | 1965 | 26,898 |
1916 | 4,948 | 1970 | 28,234 |
1921 | 3,836 | 1975 | 20,596 |
1925 | 4,480 | 1980 | 19,553 |
1935 | 7,034 | 1985 | 19,696 |
1940 | 8,623 | 1990 | 19,747 |
1945 | 10,082 | 1995 | 20,263 |
1950 | 13,025 | 2000 | 20,229 |
1955 | 15,883 | 2005 | 20,785 |
1960 | 21,845 | 2010 | 21,296 |
Twin towns – sister cities
Glostrup is twinned with:
- Kotka, Finland
- Landskrona, Sweden
See also
References
- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Glostrup Kommune" (in Danish). AOK. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Venskabsbyerne, kontaktpersoner". glostrup.dk (in Danish). Glostrup Kommune. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map