Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune (the spelling Lyngby-Tårbæk Kommune is occasionally used) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 39 km², and has a total population of 54,454 (1 April 2014). Its mayor as of 2014 is Sofia Osmani, a member of the Conservative People's Party.

Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
Municipality
Lyngby Rådhus (Town hall)
CountryDenmark
RegionCapital Region
SeatKongens Lyngby
Government
 • MayorSofia Osmani (Conservative Party)
Area
 • Total38.88 km2 (15.01 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2019)
 • Total56,088
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code173
Websitewww.ltk.dk

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kongens Lyngby. Other towns in the municipality are Taarbæk, Virum, Sorgenfri, Lundtofte, Brede, Hjortekær and Rådvad. To the east is the Øresund, which separates the island of Zealand from Sweden.

Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Locations
Kongens Lyngby11,600
Virum14,000
Sorgenfri6,500
Lundtofte6,000
Hjortekær5,000
Brede3,500
Taarbæk1,700
& Bondebyen
& Fuglevad
& Raadvad

Politics

Municipal council

Lyngby-Taarbæk's municipal council consists of 21 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 O V Ø
2005 5 2 7 2 1 4 21 68.6% Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen (C)
2009 4 2 4 4 1 6 68.2% Søren P. Rasmussen (V)
2013 5 1 5 2 1 1 5 1 74.0% Sofia Osmani (C)
2017 4 2 10 2 2 1 72.9%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Attractions

Economy

The municipality is home to head offices of companies such as COWI, Alectia, Microsoft and Hempel Group.

References


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