Glostrup Commune

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Denmark Glostrup Commune
Coat of arms of Glostrup municipality Location of Glostrup municipality in Denmark
Basic data
State : Denmark
Region : Hovedstaden
Region : Københavns omegn
Office (until the end of 2006) : København's office
Harde :
(until March 1970)
Smørum Herred
Office (until 1970) : København's office
Residents : 23,128 (2020)
Area : 13.30 km² (2014)
Population density : 1,739 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number : 161
Administration headquarters: Glostrup
Address: Rådhusparken 2
2600 Glostrup
Mayor: John Engelhardt
( Venstre )
Website: www.glostrup.dk
Sister cities : SwedenSweden Landskrona Latvia Kotka
LatviaLatvia 
FinlandFinland 
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Glostrup town hall

Glostrup Kommune [ ˈg̊loːˀsd̥ʁob̥ ] is a municipality in the northeast of the Danish island of Sjælland and part of the closed settlement area Hovedstadsområdet .

Within the Hovedstaden region, the municipality is one of the smaller municipalities with an area of ​​13.30 km² and 23,128 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). Before 1970 it belonged to Harde Smørum Herred in København's office and became a separate municipality in the reduced København's office with the Danish administrative reform in 1970 . In 1974 Avedøre Sogn , which had previously belonged to Glostrup Municipality, was transferred to Hvidovre Municipality . During the municipal reform in 2007 , the Glostrup municipality was assigned to the Hovedstaden region .

Development of the population

Population (January 1st)
1980 19,573
1985 19,696
1990 19,747
1995 20,263
1999 20.102
2000 20,229
2003 20,586
2005 20,785
2010 21,296
2020 23,128

Parish Glostrup Sogn

The parish municipality (Danish: Sogn ) Glostrup Sogn , which is identical in area with the municipality, was the most populous Sogn in Denmark from 2001 to 2013. The churches Glostrup Kirke and Østervangkirken are in the municipality .

Sons and daughters

Twin cities

Glostrup has the following town partnerships :

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. a b Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)
  3. danskekommuner.dk: Borgmester facta: Glostrup (Danish), accessed on April 16, 2020
  4. to 2006: Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BEF4B: Folketal January 1st, efter sogne (AFSLUTTET) (Danish)
    from 2007: Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, 1st July and October 1st efter so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
  5. Danmarks Statistics : Nyt fra Danmarks Statistics No. 103 - Sogne (PDF; 83 kB) from February 28, 2013, accessed on June 25, 2013 (Danish)
  6. glostrup.dk: Venskabsbyerne, contact person (Danish) accessed on April 15, 2020

Web links

Commons : Glostrup Kommune  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′  N , 12 ° 24 ′  E