Furesø Municipality

Furesø Municipality
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Denmark
Region	Capital Region
Seat	Værløse
Government
• Mayor	Ole Bondo Christensen (S)
Area
• Total	56.81 km2 (21.93 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2014)
• Total	38,589
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	190
Website	www.furesoe.dk

Furesø Kommune is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Denmark. It has a population of 38,589 (1 April 2014) and an area of 55.68 km² (21.50 sq.mi.). The municipality belongs to the Copenhagen Capital Region and lies 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. Its mayor is Ole Bondo Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. It is a municipality with much forest and access to several lakes, of which it is named after the largest, Furesøen, which has a popular beach with rest rooms, a small candy/ice shop and in addition sportsboat (competition) clubs and a restaurant open all year.

In September 2008, it was decided by the Ministry of the Environment that Flyvestation Værløse, a former air base - Denmark's first - situated 17 km from the City Hall square of Copenhagen and offered to the municipality to own, would be granted legally protected status from extensive real estate exploitation. This decision was appealed and The Environmental Board of Appeal (Natur- og Miljøklagenævnet) in 2009 overturned this decision. Before being given to the municipality to own, the Ministry of Defence sold some of the approximately 440 hectares of land to developers of private homes. Most of the former air base has since been made into an open air recreational area. A movie/media production company is located there. This offer (to own the former air base) was a consequence of the actions by the former mayor of Farum Municipality Peter Brixtofte, who was imprisoned in 2008.

The last three stations, namely Hareskov, Værløse and Farum, of one S-train commuter train line from Copenhagen are located in the municipality.

It was established as a merger of the former Farum and Værløse municipalities on January 1, 2007 as a consequence of the Municipal Reform.

See also

• Listed buildings in Furesø Municipality

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)

External links

• Official website of Furesø municipality
• Map
• Searchable/printable map of municipalities (Krak)(Danish)(outline of municipality does not print out!)
• Printable map with outline of municipality (Krak)(outline of municipality does not print out!)

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Coordinates: 55°47′44″N 12°22′27″E / 55.79556°N 12.37417°E / 55.79556; 12.37417