Brønderslev Municipality
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Brønderslev Municipality Brønderslev Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 57°16′06″N 9°56′45″E / 57.2683°N 9.9458°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Jutland |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mikael Klitgaard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 633.38 km2 (244.55 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 36,540 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Brønderslev Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 630 km2 and has a total population of 36,540 (2023).[1] The municipal council is located in the town of Brønderslev.
The municipality was created as the result of 2007 Kommunalreformen, and consists of the former municipalities of Brønderslev and Dronninglund. The resulting municipality was originally named Brønderslev-Dronninglund Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev-Dronninglund Kommune), the longest name of a municipality in Denmark with 32 characters. At their first meeting, the municipal council agreed to shorten the name to its current form: Brønderslev Municipality.[citation needed]
Communities[edit]
| Brønderslev | 12,522 |
| Hjallerup | 4,192 |
| Dronninglund | 3,435 |
| Asaa | 1,123 |
| Øster Brønderslev | 924 |
| Klokkerholm | 890 |
| Jerslev | 870 |
| Flauenskjold | 669 |
| Agersted | 562 |
| Serritslev | 500 |
Municipal council[edit]
Since 2007, Brønderslev's municipal council has consisted of 27 members, elected every four years.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | C | D' | F | I | J | O | V | Æ | Ø | ||||
| 2005 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 72.7% | Mikael Klitgaard (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 70.1% | Lene Hansen (A) | |||||
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 75.7% | Mikael Klitgaard (V) | ||||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 72.8% | |||||||
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 69.94 | ||||
| Current | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | N/A | |||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 | |||||||||||||
Twin towns[edit]
Brønderslev is twinned with:[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities". The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark.
- ^ "Folketal 1. januar efter byområder og landdistrikter og tid". Statistics Denmark. 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Venskabsbyer". bronderslev.dk (in Danish). Brønderslev Kommune. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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