Vanløse is one of the 10 official
districts
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of
Copenhagen Municipality
Copenhagen Municipality (), also known in English language, English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen (), the other three ...
,
Denmark
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. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km
2, and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhagen, by population.
Neighboring city districts are:
* to the southeast is
Frederiksberg municipality
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in Denmark. Part of the Capital Region of Denmark and the city of Copenhagen, it is surrounded by Copenhagen Municipality. The municipality, ...
, which is not a part of Copenhagen municipality but rather an
enclave
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surrounded by the municipality
* to the northeast is
Bispebjerg
* to the north is
Brønshøj-Husum
* to the west is
Rødovre municipality
Rødovre Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the Capital Region on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Its mayor is Britt Jensen. She is a member of the Social Democrats (''Socialdemokraterne'') political party who h ...
, which is outside the Copenhagen municipality area
* to the south is
Valby
Valby () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, and has a mixture of different types of housing. This includes apartment blocks, terraced housing, area ...
, partially separated by Damhus Lake (''Damhus Sø'').
Cultural references
The French artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) lived at Bogholdergården in the street Bogholder Allé during his stay in Copenhagen in 1884–1885.
Also, the Danish artist Henry Heerup (1907–1993) lived for many years in the street Rødtjørnevej in Vanløse.
The local Hyltebjerg Church (Ålekistevej 89) is seen at 1:34:11 in the 1978 ''
Olsen-banden
The ''Olsen Gang'' (, ) is a Denmark, Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual o ...
'' film ''
The Olsen Gang Sees Red''.
Singer
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
lived in Vanløse with his Danish girlfriend from 1980 until 1983. His song
Vanlose Stairway deals with sitting on the stairs of
the local station.
See also
*
Vanløse station
Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km2, and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest distric ...
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Telavox
References
External links
City of Copenhagen’s statistical office
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Copenhagen city districts