| Brønderslev Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Jutland |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Total: | 36614 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Brønderslev Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 630 km2 and has a total population of 36,614 (2024).[1] The municipal council is located in the town of Brønderslev.
The municipality was created as the result of 2007 Kommunalreformen, and consists of the former municipalities of Brønderslev and Dronninglund. The resulting municipality was originally named Brønderslev-Dronninglund Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev-Dronninglund Kommune), the longest name of a municipality in Denmark with 32 characters. At their first meeting, the municipal council agreed to shorten the name to its current form: Brønderslev Municipality.
| Brønderslev | 12,522 | |
| Hjallerup | 4,192 | |
| Dronninglund | 3,435 | |
| Asaa | 1,123 | |
| Øster Brønderslev | 924 | |
| Klokkerholm | 890 | |
| Jerslev | 870 | |
| Flauenskjold | 669 | |
| Agersted | 562 | |
| Serritslev | 500 |
Since 2007, Brønderslev's municipal council has consisted of 27 members, elected every four years.
| Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ' | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 72.7% | Mikael Klitgaard (V) | |||||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 70.1% | Lene Hansen (A) | ||||||
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 75.7% | Mikael Klitgaard (V) | |||||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 72.8% | ||||||||
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 69.94 | |||||
| Current | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Brønderslev is twinned with:[3]
