Brønderslev Municipality

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 36,540 (2023).[1] The municipal council is located in the town of Brønderslev.

This article is about the municipal region. For the municipality's largest city, see Brønderslev.
Brønderslev Municipality
Brønderslev Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms of Brønderslev Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 57°16′06″N 9°56′45″E
CountryDenmark
RegionNorth Jutland
Established1 January 2007
Government
 • MayorMikael Klitgaard
Area
 • Total633.38 km2 (244.55 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2023)[1]
 • Total36,540
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.bronderslev.dk

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.

Communities
Cities and towns by population (2021)[2]
Brønderslev12,522
Hjallerup4,192
Dronninglund3,435
Asaa1,123
Øster Brønderslev924
Klokkerholm890
Jerslev870
Flauenskjold669
Agersted562
Serritslev500

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]

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. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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