Until 1 January 2007 Bramsnæs was a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') in
Roskilde County on the island of
Zealand in
East Denmark. The municipality, lying between
Roskilde Fjord and
Isefjord, covered an area of 80 km
2, and had a total population of 9,391 (2005). Its last mayor was Flemming Jensen, a member of the
Venstre (Liberal Party)
political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Kirke Hyllinge Kirke may refer to:
* Alexis Kirke, British composer and filmmaker
*Álvur Kirke (born 1939), Faroese politician
*Basil Wharton Kirke (1893–1958), Australian radio executive
* David Kirke, English adventurer, colonizer and governor
*George Kirke ...
. To the east is Roskilde Fjord and to the west is Isefjord.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following
parishes: Gershøj, Hyllinge, Lyndby, Rye, Sonnerup, and Sæby parish.
Bramsnæs municipality ceased to exist as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Hvalsø and
Lejre municipalities to form the new Lejre municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 240 km
2 and a total population of 25,971 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the
Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").
Danish-American Islam scholar
Patricia Crone (b. 1945) is a native of Kyndeløse Sydmark, Rye Parish.
External links
Lejre municipality's official website (Danish only)
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
Former municipalities of Denmark
Lejre Municipality
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