Gentofte Municipality (Danish: Gentofte Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of 25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi), and has a total population of 75,033 (1. January 2024). Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been Michael Fenger, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable Copenhagen suburbs such as Hellerup and Charlottenlund.
The municipality is an amalgamation of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original towns were Gentofte, Vangede and Ordrup. It later included Tuborg, Skovshoved, Dyssegård, Hellerup, Jægersborg, and Klampenborg.
Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. The Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden, is to the east.
Gentofte municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 1 January 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen.
Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica, was born in Gentofte.
Demography
Historical population of Gentofte
Year
Pop.
±%
1769
1,056
—
1787
1,526
+44.5%
1801
1,962
+28.6%
1840
2,750
+40.2%
1850
3,072
+11.7%
1860
3,660
+19.1%
1870
4,158
+13.6%
1880
5,106
+22.8%
1890
7,449
+45.9%
1901
14,470
+94.3%
1911
24,691
+70.6%
Year
Pop.
±%
1921
34,451
+39.5%
1930
47,848
+38.9%
1940
76,457
+59.8%
1950
87,803
+14.8%
1960
88,308
+0.6%
1970
77,744
−12.0%
1980
67,300
−13.4%
1990
65,303
−3.0%
2000
67,957
+4.1%
2009
70,000
+3.0%
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Note: 1769's count refers to 15 January 1769; 1787's count refers to 1 July 1787. Source: [citation needed]
Politics
Municipal council
Gentofte's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.
Kildeskovshallen- swimming pool (including a 50m pool, 25m pool, a children's pool, a baby pool with warm water basin, and also Finnish saunas), including also other facilities such as two halls for ball game, a physiotherapist clinique, fitness centre, conference rooms, and a restaurant.
Natural habitats are found at Gentofte Sø, a huge lake with many birds on it, Ermelunden in Jægersborg and Gammelmose in Vangede, Øregård Park (or Øregård Museum's Garden) with a lake, benches and also a playground. A small section of Jægersborg Dyrehave also extends into the municipality, while the rest, including the Dyrehavsbakken fun fair, is in Lyngby-Taarbæk.
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