| Ballerup Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hovedstaden |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Ballerup |
| Leader Party: | S |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jesper Würtzen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 34.09 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 51237 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 151 |
Ballerup Kommune (in Danish ˈpɛˀləʁop kʰoˈmuːnə/) is a municipality (Danish: [[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34.09 km2, and has a population of 51,237 (1. January 2024).[1] It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup.
As of November 2020, the mayor is Jesper Würtzen of the Social Democrats.[2]
Other than Ballerup, the towns that make up the municipality are Måløv and Skovlunde.
Neighboring municipalities are Herlev to the east, Furesø to the north, Egedal to the west, and Albertslund and Glostrup to the south.
The geography of Ballerup municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
The municipality is home to companies such as GN Store Nord, Orbicon and Leo Pharma and Toms International.
Ballerup'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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 68.5% | Ove E. Dalsgaard (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 64.1% | ||||||||
| 2013 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 71.0% | Jesper Würtzen (A) | |||||||
| 2017 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 70.2% | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Ballerup is twinned with:[3]
Ballerup also cooperates with Ystad in Sweden.[3]