Lejre Municipality
Lejre Municipality
Lejre Kommune | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Zealand |
| Seat | Kirke Hvalsø |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carsten Rasmussen (Social Democrats) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 240.07 km2 (92.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 27,333 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 350 |
| Website | www.lejre.dk |
Lejre Municipality is a municipality in Denmark.
The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the former Lejre Municipality with Bramsnæs Municipality and Hvalsø Municipality to form a new Lejre Municipality. 28 September 2016 Carsten Rasmussen took over as mayor from Mette Touborg, who was leaving for a new job. She had been the mayor since 1 January 2010. She was the only one from the left wing Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political position in a municipality, whereas he is from the Social Democrats.
Local companies include the chocolate manufacturer Friis-Holm.
Settlements
The municipality consists of the following settlements (populations as of 2011):
| Kirke Hvalsø | 3,941 |
| Lejre | 2,343 |
| Osted | 2,073 |
| Kirke Hyllinge | 1,984 |
| Ejby | 1,876 |
| Gevninge | 1,711 |
| Kirke Såby | 1,676 |
| Kirke Sonnerup | 965 |
| Gershøj | 688 |
| Lyndby | 561 |
and
Politics
Municipal council
Lejre's municipal council consists of 25 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 | Socialistisk Lokalliste | O | V | Ø | |||||
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 77.1% | Flemming Jensen (V) | |||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 72.2% | Mette Touborg (F) | |||||
| 2013 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 80.6% | |||||
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 78.3% | Carsten Rasmussen (A) | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Notable people from the wider Municipality
- Ole Søndergaard (1876 in Allerslev – 1958) a Danish landscape painter
- Jørgen Jørgensen (1888 in Kornerup – 1974) a Danish politician and party leader
- Karen Strand (1924 in Kirke Hyllinge – 2000) a Danish goldsmith and jewellery designer
- Patricia Crone (1945 in Kyndeløse – 2015) a Danish-American author, Orientalist and historian specializing in early Islamic history
Notes
External links
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
