Brønderslev Municipality

This article is about the municipal region. For the municipality's largest city, see Brønderslev.

Brønderslev Municipality Brønderslev Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 57°16′06″N 9°56′45″E
Country	Denmark
Region	North Jutland
Established	1 January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Mikael Klitgaard
Area
• Total	633.38 km^2 (244.55 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2024)[1]
• Total	36,614
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.bronderslev.dk

Brønderslev Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 630 km² and has a total population of 36,614 (2024).^[1] The municipal council is located in the town of Brønderslev.

The municipality was created as the result of 2007 Kommunalreformen, and consists of the former municipalities of Brønderslev and Dronninglund. The resulting municipality was originally named Brønderslev-Dronninglund Municipality (Danish: Brønderslev-Dronninglund Kommune), the longest name of a municipality in Denmark with 32 characters. At their first meeting, the municipal council agreed to shorten the name to its current form: Brønderslev Municipality.^{[citation needed]}

Communities

Cities and towns by population (2021)^[2]

Brønderslev	12,522
Hjallerup	4,192
Dronninglund	3,435
Asaa	1,123
Øster Brønderslev	924
Klokkerholm	890
Jerslev	870
Flauenskjold	669
Agersted	562
Serritslev	500

Municipal council

Since 2007, Brønderslev's municipal council has consisted of 27 members, elected every four years.

Municipal council elections

Election	Party										Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	C	D'	F	I	J	O	V	Æ	Ø
2005	10	1		1		3	1	13			29	72.7%	Mikael Klitgaard (V)
2009	11	1		3			1	11			27	70.1%	Lene Hansen (A)
2013	9	2		1		2	1	11		1		75.7%	Mikael Klitgaard (V)
2017	11	2				2	2	10				72.8%
2021	8	2	1	1		1	1	12		1		69.94
Current	8	2	1	1	1	1		11	1	1		N/A
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Brønderslev is twinned with:^[3]

• Eidsberg, Norway
• Nässjö, Sweden

References

1. "BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities". The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark.
2. "Folketal 1. januar efter byområder og landdistrikter og tid". Statistics Denmark. 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
3. "Venskabsbyer". bronderslev.dk (in Danish). Brønderslev Kommune. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.