Ballerup Commune

	Ballerup Commune
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Hovedstaden
Region :	Københavns omegn
Educated:	1970
Office (until the end of 2006) :	København's office
Harde : ; (until March 1970)	Smørum Herred
Office (until 1970) :	København's office
Residents :	48,602 (2020)
Area :	34.00 km² (2014)
Population density :	1,429 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	151
Administration headquarters:	Ballerup
Address:	Hold-an Vej 7 ; 2750 Ballerup
Mayor:	Jesper Würtzen ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.ballerup.dk
Sister cities :	East Kilbride; Prag_10 Wuxi Brandenburg an der Havel; ;

Ballerup Kommune [ ˈbalʔəʀob ] is a Danish municipality in the Hovedstaden region . 48,602 inhabitants live there on an area of 34.00 km² (as of January 1, 2020).

The administrative headquarters are in the town of Ballerup , which is part of the Hovedstadsområdet settlement area . Other important places are Måløv and Skovlunde .

In the municipality are the protected round hills Lemmehøj and Studerhøj.

Lemmehøj

Studerhøj

Locations in the municipality

The following parishes and towns with more than 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical office ) are located in the municipality , with a registered population of zero the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

No.	Parish	Residents	Locality	Residents
2	Ballerup Sogn	14,552	Ballerup	39,528
1	Måløv Sogn	8,852	Smørumnedre (part of several municipalities)	8,797
3	Pederstrup Sogn	11,884
4th	Skovlunde Sogn	13,283

Ballerup kirke
Måløv kirke
Skovlunde church

Population development

Development of the population (as of January 1):

year	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2020
Residents	48,938	46,872	45.218	45,356	45,317	46,759	47,652	48,602

City of Ballerup

economy

The medical technology company Ambu , the pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma and the confectionery manufacturer Toms Gruppen are based in Ballerup .

Sports

The "Ballerup Idrætsby Sports Center" with the Ballerup Super Arena, which opened in 2001, is located in the district of Skovlunde . The arena is home to Denmark's only cycling track ; it was designed by the Münster architect Ralph Schürmann . The "Super Arena" hosted two UCI track world championships , in 2002 and 2010 , as well as European championships (2006) and world cup races . Six-day races are also held there every year. In 2003 the roof (of the empty hall) collapsed due to large amounts of snow; it reopened in 2005.