Rudersdal Municipality

Coordinates: 55°49′30″N 12°29′30″E / 55.825°N 12.4917°E / 55.825; 12.4917
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Rudersdal Municipality
Rudersdal Kommune (Danish)
Municipal code
230
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Rudersdal Municipality (

Region Hovedstaden
.

On 1 January 2007 Rudersdal municipality was created as the result of 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, consisting of the former municipalities of Søllerød and Birkerød.

Its mayor as of 2022 is Ann Sofie Orth. She is a member of the Conservative Party political party. Rudersdal Town Hall (formerly Søllerød Town Hall), completed in 1942, was designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.[2]

History

Birkerød Municipality was a municipality in

Region Hovedstaden
("Capital Region").

Demography

As of 1 January 2015, 19,681 residents lived in neighbourhoods such as Holte and Søllerød that are part of Copenhagen's urban area, 20,191 lived in Birkerød, 12,491 lived in Hørsholm, 1,222 residents lived in Skodsborg, 606 residents lived in Ravnsnæs, 326 residents lived in Høsterkøb and 810 residents lived in rural zones.

Locations

Birkerød 20,191
Holte 14,765
Trørød 12,443
Nærum 5,230
Vedbæk 3,000
Skodsborg 1,253
Ravnsnæs 583
Høsterkøb 323
& Søllerød
& Øverød

Transport

Rail

Holte stations are located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network. Both are served by the A trains and Holte station is also served by the E
trains.

Coast Line between Copenhagen and Helsingør. The line is served by the Øresundståg
trains.

The

Jægersborg station
on the S-train network.

Roads

Major roads include Lyngby Kongevej and the Helsingør Motorway.

Cycling and walking

KulturSlangen is a 14.5 km, signposted greenway which runs from Næsseslottet in Holte in the west to Vedbæk Marina on the Øresund Coast in the east. It was established in 1996 and passes various points of interest. A number of smaller round trails extends from the route. The Vedbæk Circuit (Danish: Vedbækturen) was inaugurated on 22 November 2015.[3]

Rudersdal Municipality will be served by the under development network of

Super Bikeways in metropolitan Copenhagen. Bike lanes are already available on Lyngby Kongevej
and many other roads.

Politics

Municipal council

Rudersdal's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C
F
I L O R V
Ø
2005 3 2 2 1 4 1 14 27 76.1% Erik Fabrin (V)
2009 3 1 4 2 4 9 23 71.1%
2013 3 1 3 1 4 1 9 1 75.8% Jens Ive (V)
2017 4 2 4 1 3 8 1 75.0%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Twin towns – sister cities

Rudersdal is

twinned with four cities:[4]

References

  1. ^ BY2: Population by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "Rudersdal Rådhus" Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Rudersdal Kommune. (in Danish) Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  3. ^ "KulturSlangen - en kulturhistoriskrute" (in Danish). Rudersdal Municipality. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Nordiske venner skal diskutere kommunal service". rudersdal.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

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