| Herlev Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hovedstaden |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Herlev |
| Leader Party: | S |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Thomas Gyldal Petersen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.04 |
| Population Total: | 29,876 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 163 |
Herlev Municipality (da|Herlev Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 12 km², and has a total population of 29,876 (1. January 2024). Its mayor is Thomas Gyldal Petersen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The former village Herlev is the largest settlement of the municipal and the site of the municipal council. It is best known for being the site of Herlev Hospital.
Neighboring municipalities are Gladsaxe to the east and northeast, Furesø Municipality to the north, Ballerup to the west, Glostrup to the southwest, Rødovre to the south, and Copenhagen to the southeast.
Herlev municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Herlev'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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 67.1% | Kjeld Hansen (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 63.6% | ||||||||
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 69.6% | Thomas Gyldal Petersen (A) | ||||||
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68.7% | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark. Herlev is twinned with:[2]
Gniewkowo, Poland
Höganäs, Sweden
Lieto, Finland
Nesodden, Norway
Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Sermersooq, Greenland