Brøndby Municipality

For other meanings, see Brøndby (disambiguation).

Location in Denmark

Brøndby Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Copenhagen County (now Region Hovedstaden) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 21 km², and has a total population of 33,831 (2008). Its mayor is Ib Terp, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The site of its municipal council is the town of Brøndbyvester. Neighboring municipalities are Hvidovre to the east, Rødovre and Glostrup to the north, Albertslund to the northwest, and Vallensbæk to the west. To the south is Køge Bay (Køge Bugt).

The geography of Brøndby municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the result of the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).

The town of Brøndby

Brøndby Rådhus (town hall) on Park Allé

Brøndby is actually composed of 3 cities: Brøndbyvester (west), Brøndbyøster (east) and to the south Brøndby Strand. Brøndbyøster is the "original" Brøndby and has a couple of old farm houses, but mostly consists of single family houses - this is a typical middle-class Danish suburb. Brondby's name in Danish means "well town".

Brøndbyøster is east of the big intersection that parts the 3 different Brøndbys. (Brøndby Strand Projects '93[1]), this part of the city has many older people and immigrants. Brøndby Strand is actually a mix of those two cities. There are lot of single-family houses and 12 high-rise residential estates. This area has a multicultural mix with successful artists like international smashhit Outlandish, Burhan G and Majid. These four neighborhoods are also known as the Southside or Southcoast Copenhagen.

Brøndby is the home of Brøndby IF, a football club. It is also the home of the hiphop group Outlandish, R&B singer Burhan G, rapper Majid and National Hockey League player Mikkel Boedker

See also

• Brøndbyøster station
• Brøndby Strand station

External links

• Municipality's official website
• Brøndby IF
• (Danish)Krak searchable/printable maps
• (Danish)Krak map of Brøndby(outline of municipality does not print out!)

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map