Brønderslev is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 630 km² and has a total population of 36,177 (2021).[2] The municipal council is located in the town of Brønderslev.
Brønderslev | |
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Municipality | |
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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 km2 (244.55 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 36,177[1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www![]() |
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]
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 |
Since 2007, Brønderslev's municipal council has consisted of 27 members, elected every four years.
Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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A | C | D | F | J | O | V | 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 | ||||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 |
Brønderslev is twinned with:[3]
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