Egedal Municipality Explained

Egedal Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Hovedstaden
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Ølstykke
Leader Party:S
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Vicky Holst Rasmussen
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:125.79
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:45532
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 Sec1:240

Egedal Municipality (Danish: Egedal Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It covers an area of 125.79km2 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

22,003
9,949
2,884
1,799
903
773
597
597
496
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.

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
200551821102777.1%Svend Kjærgaard (V)
200941613152173.7%Willy Eliasen (V)
2013524112677.3%
2017632112675.8%Karsten Søndergaard (V)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities