| Odsherred Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Nykøbing Sjælland |
| Leader Party: | S |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Thomas Adelskov |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 355.3 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 32605 |
| 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: | 306 |
Odsherred Municipality (Danish: Odsherred Kommune) is a kommune in Odsherred, Region Sjælland in Denmark. It covers an area of 355 km² with a total population of 32,605 (2024). Its seat is the town of Højby.
On 1 January 2007 Odsherred municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Dragsholm, Nykøbing-Rørvig, and Trundholm
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,212 | ||
| 2 | 2,914 | ||
| 3 | 2,394 | ||
| 4 | 1,794 | ||
| 5 | 1,514 | ||
| 6 | 1,462 | ||
| 7 | 1.056 | ||
| 8 | 717 | ||
| 9 | 648 | ||
| 10 | 640 |
Odsherred'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 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 70.2% | Finn Madsen (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 68.6% | Thomas Adelskov (A) | ||||||
| 2013 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 73.8% | |||||||
| 2017 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 72.9% | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||