Hillerød Municipality

Hillerød Municipality Hillerød Kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Hovedstaden
Seat	Hillerød
Government
• Mayor	Dorte Meldgaard (C)
Area
• Total	212.99 km2 (82.24 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2014)
• Total	48,728
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	219
Website	www.hillerod.dk

Hillerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 191 km² (74 sq. miles), and has a total population of 48,728 (1 April 2014). The mayor of the municipality as of 1 January 2014 is Dorte Meldgaard, a member of the Conservative political party.

Overview

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town also named as Hillerød. The city of Hillerød also houses the administrative capital of Region Hovedstaden.

Neighboring municipalities are Fredensborg municipality to the east, Gribskov municipality to the north, Frederiksværk-Hundested municipality to the west, and Frederikssund and Allerød to the south.

On 1 January 2007, Hillerød municipality was merged with Skævinge municipality, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), forming the new Hillerød municipality. At the same time, it became the capital of Region Hovedstaden, a new region that includes the Danish capital of Copenhagen, about 25 km to the southeast.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Hillerød	30,350
2	Skævinge	2,546
3	Nødebo	1,891
4	Ny Hammersholt	1,355
5	Tulstrup	1,249
6	Gadevang	1,116
7	Gørløse	1,058
8	Uvelse	983
9	Store Lyngby	847
10	Meløse	681

References

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

External links

• Municipality's official website
• Hillerød Tourist Information
• Hotel Hillerød
• Photos