Lejre Municipality is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
in
Region Zealand.
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.
Settlements
The municipality consists of the following settlements (populations as of 2011):
and
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Bramsnæs
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 km2, and had a total popu ...
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Øm (village)
Politics
Municipal council
Lejre's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the
Municipal Reform of 2007.
Notable people
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Ole Søndergaard
Ole Laurits Olsen Søndergaard (24 May 1876 – 10 November 1958) was a Danish landscape painter. He also decorated a number of Danish churches with paintings and frescos.
Biography
Born in Allerslev near Lejre in northwestern Zealand, Sønde ...
(1876 in Allerslev – 1958) a Danish landscape painter
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Jørgen Jørgensen
Jørgen Jørgensen (name of birth: Jürgensen, and changed to Jorgenson from 1817)Wilde, W H, ''Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' 2nd ed. (29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841) was a Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution. Duri ...
(1888 in Kornerup – 1974) a Danish politician and party leader
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Karen Strand (1924 in Kirke Hyllinge – 2000) a Danish goldsmith and jewellery designer
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Patricia Crone (1945 in Kyndeløse – 2015) a Danish-American author, Orientalist and historian specializing in early Islamic history
Notes
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Municipality's official websiteThe new Lejre Municipality's official website (Danish only)
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Municipalities of Region Zealand
Municipalities of Denmark
Populated places established in 2007