Rødovre

Rødovre
Town hall of Rødovre
Coordinates: 55°40′53″N 12°27′18″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Hovedstaden
Municipality	Rødovre
Government
• Mayor	Erik Nielsen
Area(co-extensive with its municipality)
• Total	12.12 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	36,228
Time zone	Central Europe Time (UTC+1)
Postal code	2610
Website	http://www.rk.dk

Rødovre is a Danish town, and the seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. The town's population in 2009 was 36,228. Rødovre is part of Metropolitan Copenhagen.

The town mostly comprises suburban homes in the south and light industrial areas in the north. It has many smaller green areas, including Schweizerdalsparken, and larger areas such as Vestvolden and Damhussøen. There are five public schools in the town, one technical school and a private school.

Every Tuesday, the local newspaper "Rødovre Lokal Nyt" (Rødovre Local News) is delivered by mail to all residents. Radio Rødovre broadcasts on 105.9 FM, and sometimes local TV is broadcast via Kanal København.

There is an Ice Hockey arena, home of Rødovre Mighty Bulls, two smaller football stadiums (home of BK Avarta and BK Rødovre, respectively) and one train station, served by line B of the commuter S-trains. Rødovre Centrum is a shopping mall. Viften - meaning "The Fan" - which besides being a café, is a cinema and a combined concert hall/theatre. There are also many smaller business districts such as Damhustorvet and Islev Torv

History

Until 1901, the town was part of the parish of Brønshøj-Rødovre. Vanløse was also part of that parish. In that year, Rødovre was created as independent municipality and Brønshøj was simultaneously annexed by the city of Copenhagen.

Geography

Rødovre, co-extensive with the territory of its municipality, is in the central-western suburbs of Copenhagen, bordering Vanløse and Valby to the east, Glostrup to the west, Herlev to the north, and Brøndby and Hvidovre to the south.

Culture

• Rødovre Centrum, the local shopping mall, was the first of its kind in Denmark.
• The town hall was designed by Arne Jacobsen.
• Henry Heerup had his studio in Rødovre, and made most of his well known works here.

Famous personalities

• Lars Eller, professional ice hockey player
• Brigitte Nielsen, actress, musician and television personality
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt, leader of the danish Social Democrats^{[citation needed]}

Picture gallery

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  Rødovre Train Station

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  Rødovre Centrum shopping mall

See also

• Rødovre Mighty Bulls(Professional ice hockey team)
• BK Avarta (Danish 2nd Division football club)
• Rødovre station

External links

Media related to Rødovre at Wikimedia Commons