| Lejre Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Kirke Hvalsø |
| Leader Party: | S |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Carsten Rasmussen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 240.07 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 29347 |
| 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: | 350 |
Lejre Municipality (Danish: Lejre Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Zealand of Denmark.
The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the former Lejre Municipality with Bramsnæs Municipality and Hvalsø Municipality to form a new Lejre Municipality.28 September 2016 Carsten Rasmussen took over as mayor from Mette Touborg, who was leaving for a new job. She had been the mayor since 1 January 2010. She was the only one from the left wing Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political position in a municipality, whereas he is from the Social Democrats.
Local companies include the chocolate manufacturer Friis-Holm.
The municipality consists of the following settlements (populations as of 2011):
| 3,941 | ||
| 2,343 | ||
| 2,073 | ||
| 1,984 | ||
| 1,876 |
| 1,711 | ||
| 1,676 | ||
| 965 | ||
| 688 | ||
| Lyndby | 561 |
and
Lejre'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 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 77.1% | Flemming Jensen (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 72.2% | Mette Touborg (F) | ||||||
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 80.6% | ||||||
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 78.3% | Carsten Rasmussen (A) | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||