Hillerød Kommune is a municipality (
Danish
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, ''
kommune'') in
Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 212.99 km² (82.24 sq. miles), and has a total population of 54,159 (1. January 2023). The mayor of the municipality as of 1 January 2018 is Kirsten Jensen, a member of the
Social Democratic
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political party.
Overview
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town also named as Hillerød. The
city of Hillerød also houses the administrative capital of Region Hovedstaden.
Neighboring municipalities are
Fredensborg municipality
Fredensborg Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region). The municipality covers an area of 112.13 km2 and has a total population of 39,551 (as of 1 April 2014). Its mayor, since 2010, is Thomas L ...
to the east,
Gribskov municipality to the north,
Frederiksværk-Hundested municipality to the west, and
Frederikssund and
Allerød to the south.
On 1 January 2007, Hillerød municipality was merged with
Skævinge
Skævinge is a town with a population of 2,859 (1 January 2023) and a former municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in Hillerød municipality in Capital Region of Denmark in the northern part of the island of ...
municipality and ''Uvelse valgdistrikt'' of former
Slangerup
Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund Municipality, about 30 km north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark.
The town of Slangerup
The town was established by the Viking Slangir at the time of Harald Bluetooth. King Eri ...
municipality as the result of
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), forming the new Hillerød municipality. At the same time, it became part of the capital of Region Hovedstaden, a new region that includes the Danish capital of
Copenhagen, about 25 km to the southeast.
Arresø, the largest lake in
Denmark, lies partly in the municipality.
Urban areas
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
Politics
Municipal council
Hillerød's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
Twin towns – sister cities
Hillerød is
twinned with:
*
Kladovo, Serbia
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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Hillerød Tourist Information
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Municipalities in the Capital Region of Denmark
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007