Ballerup Kommune () is a municipality () in '' Region Hovedstaden'' on the island of

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(''Sjælland'') in eastern

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. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central

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. The municipality covers an area of 34.09 km², and has a population of 52,939 (1. January 2025). It is also the name of the municipal seat, Ballerup.

Overview

As of March 2025, the mayor is Jesper Würtzen of the

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. Other than Ballerup, the towns that make up the municipality are Måløv and Skovlunde. Neighboring municipalities are

Herlev Herlev is a suburb about 11 km northwest of Copenhagen city centre, bordering Rødovre to the south, Ballerup to the west and Gladsaxe Municipality, Gladsaxe to the north. It is the site of the municipal council of Herlev Municipality, Denma ...

to the east, Furesø and Gladsaxe to the north, Egedal to the west, and

Albertslund Albertslund is a Copenhagen suburb in Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. It is located west of central Copenhagen, with a population of around 30,000. Albertslund is a planned community or new town mainly built in the 1960s and 1970s. The sub ...

Glostrup Glostrup is a Denmark, Danish town in Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the Western suburbs (Copenhagen), western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated populati ...

and

Rødovre Rødovre () is a town in eastern Denmark, seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden. The town's population 1 January 2019 was 39,907, and in addition 145 persons had no fixed address, which made up a ...

to the south. The geography of Ballerup municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the nationwide ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Economy

The municipality is home to companies such as

GN Store Nord GN Store Nord A/S is a Danish manufacturer of hearing aids (GN ReSound/GN Hearing), speakerphones, videobars and headsets ( Jabra (GN Audio) and SteelSeries). GN Store Nord A/S is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ISIN code DK0010272632). Hist ...

, Orbicon and

Leo Pharma LEO Pharma A/S is a multinational Danish pharmaceutical company, founded in 1908, with a presence in about 100 countries. Its headquarters are in Ballerup, near Copenhagen The company is 100% integrated into a private foundation owned by the LEO ...

and Toms International.

Politics

Municipal council

Ballerup's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Twin towns – sister cities

Ballerup is twinned with: *

Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel (; ) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the ...

, Germany * East Kilbride, Scotland, United Kingdom Ballerup also cooperates with Ystad in Sweden.

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Municipality's official websiteEast Kilbride, Ballerup's twin town
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