Hvidovre commune

	Hvidovre 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 :	53,527 (2020)
Area :	22.90 km² (2014)
Population density :	2,337 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	167
Administration headquarters:	Hvidovre
Address:	Hvidovrevej 278 ; 2650 Hvidovre
Mayor:	Helle Adelborg ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.hvidovre.dk
Sister cities :	Sollentuna Tuusula Oppegård Rydułtowy; ; ;

Hvidovre Kommune [ ˈviðɔu̯ʁə ] is a Danish municipality in the Hovedstaden region .

Hvidovre is a south-western suburb of Copenhagen . It is nine minutes from the center of the Danish capital by S-Bahn . Administratively, Hvidovre belongs to the region Hovedstaden and is part of the capital region Hovedstadsområdet .

The municipality is 22.90 km² and has 53,527 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 2007 municipal reform , the Hvidovre municipality was assigned to the Hovedstaden region .

In 1929, a 3500 year old sword from the Bronze Age was unearthed in Hvidovre . The city is home to the largest Danish solar company, Gaia Solar . The film studios and the headquarters of the Danish film production company Zentropa are located in Hvidovre, as well as the home ground of the Hvidovre IF football club, the Hvidovre Stadium . The space company Orbex is also developing rocket engines there.

Parishes in the municipality

The following parishes are located in the municipality ( Danish : Sogn ):

No.	Parish	Residents
2	Avedøre Sogn	16,120
1	Hvidovre Sogn	10,601
3	Risbjerg Sogn	11,954
4th	Strandmarks Sogn	14,837

population

Development of the population (January 1st) :

1980 - 50,608
1985 - 50,350
1990-48,748
1995 - 48,675
1999 - 49,171
2000 - 49,270
2003 - 49,829
2005 - 49,863
2010 - 49,724
2020 - 53,527

Hvidovre
town hall
Broholmkirken
Langhøj
Simonshøj

Sons and daughters

King Diamond (* 1956), singer with Mercyful Fate and the solo project of the same name
Lars Krogh Jeppesen (* 1979), handball player
Thomas Kahlenberg (* 1983), soccer player
Sebastian Svärd (* 1983), football player
Daniel Agger (* 1984), soccer player
Kasper Lorentzen (* 1985), soccer player
Jonathan Richter (* 1985), football player
Simon Richter (* 1985), soccer player
Ken Ilsø (* 1986), football player
Rasmus Stjerne (* 1988), curler
Line Jørgensen (* 1989), handball player
Patrick Clausen (* 1990), racing cyclist
Jannik Vestergaard (* 1992), Danish-German soccer player
Leonora Demaj (* 1997), handball player
Mohamed Daramy (* 2002), football player