Værløse

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Værløse was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 34 km², and in 2005 had a total population of 18,649. Its last mayor was Jesper Bach, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. He will be the first mayor of the newly formed Furesø municipality.

The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Værløse. Other towns in the former municipality are Hareskovby, Kirke Værløse, and Jonstrup.

Neighboring municipalities were Farum to the north, Stenløse to the west, Ballerup and Herlev to the south, and Gladsaxe, Lyngby-Taarbæk and Søllerød to the east, albeit the last of these is separated physically from the municipality by the waters of Lake Furesø.

On January 1, 2007 Værløse municipality ceased to exist, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). It merged with Farum municipality to form the new Furesø municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 57 km² and a total population of 37,311 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden ("Copenhagen Capital Region").

Værløse is mentioned in the weather report but sounds almost like "vejrløse", which means "weatherless". This is a well known joke.