Allerød Kommune is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') on the island of
Zealand
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(''Sjælland'') in eastern
Denmark
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. The municipality covers an area of 67 km2, and has a population of 26,128 (1 January 2025). Its mayor is Karsten Längerich of the
political party
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Lillerød
Lillerød (sometimes named ''Allerød'') is a Danish town, seat of the Allerød Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. Its population 1 January 2025 was of 16,756.Lynge and Uggeløse, which have grown together
Allerød municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
The warm period after the last ice age (
Wisconsin glaciation
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) is named the
Allerød Oscillation Allerød may refer to:
* Allerød Municipality, a municipality in Denmark
** Lillerød, also called ''Allerød'', seat of the municipality
** Allerød station, a railway station in the Danish town
* Allerød oscillation, a climatic period at the en ...
after an archaeological site found at Allerød.
In 1797 six Bronze Age lurs was found in Lynge at Brudevælte.
Allerød is part of the Green Cities concept
The zip/postal code for
Lillerød
Lillerød (sometimes named ''Allerød'') is a Danish town, seat of the Allerød Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. Its population 1 January 2025 was of 16,756.Widex, Welltec, a developer of robotic technology for the off-shore industry and Weibel Scientific, a designer and manufacturer of
continuous wave
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radar
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s.
Hewlett-Packard
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's Danish headquarters moved to Allerød in 2004.
IBM
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has a large facility in Blovstrød, just outside Allerød, Widex in Vassingerød.
Other companies headquartered in Allerød are the engineering consultancy NIRAS, drug store and cosmetics chain MATAS, the development company Sjælsø Gruppen and the furniture companies Fritz Hansen and PP-Møbler.
Culture
Mungo Park is a small but very influential theatre, in the town centre.
Allerød's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Locations
See also
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Allerød station Allerød may refer to:
* Allerød Municipality, a municipality in Denmark
** Lillerød, also called ''Allerød'', seat of the municipality
** Allerød station, a railway station in the Danish town
* Allerød oscillation Allerød may refer to:
* A ...