Editing Allerød Municipality

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| name                    = Allerød Municipality
| native_name             = {{native name|da|Allerød Kommune}}
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = City hall
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = Denmark
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Hovedstaden]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = {{#property:P571}}
| seat_type               = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]
| seat                    = [[Lillerød]]
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| leader_party            = [[Venstre (Denmark)|V]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Karsten Längerich
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| population_total        = 26128
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'''Allerød Kommune''' is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (country subdivision)|kommune]]'') on the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]]. The municipality covers an area of 67&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and has a population of 26,128 (1 January 2025).  Its mayor is Karsten Längerich of the [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]
[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]].

==Overview==
The main town, [[Lillerød]] (often referred to as 'Allerød'), is also the site of the municipal council. Smaller towns inside the municipality are Blovstrød and the towns of [[Lynge, Allerød Municipality|Lynge]] and Uggeløse, which have grown together

Allerød municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].
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The warm period after the last ice age ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) is named the [[Allerød Oscillation]] after an archaeological site found at Allerød.

In 1797 six Bronze Age [[lur]]s was found in Lynge at Brudevælte.

Allerød is part of the Green Cities concept <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dogme2000.dk/billeder/Forside/gc_powerpoint_uk-bil.pdf |title=Green Cities concept in english  |access-date=26 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719122452/http://www.dogme2000.dk/billeder/Forside/gc_powerpoint_uk-bil.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The zip/postal code for [[Lillerød]] is 3450.

==Economy==
Allerød has a large concentration of technology companies in its industrial zones at the outskirts of the town. These include the hearing aid company [[Widex]], [[Welltec]], a developer of robotic technology for the [[Petroleum industry|off-shore industry]] and [[Weibel Scientific]], a designer and manufacturer of [[continuous wave]] [[doppler effect|doppler]] [[radar]]s. [[Hewlett-Packard]]'s Danish headquarters moved to Allerød in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.dk/art/123258/hp-indvier-sit-nye-danske-hovedsaede|title=HP indvier sit nye danske hovedsæde|publisher=Computerworld|access-date=5 December 2015}}</ref> [[IBM]] has a large facility in Blovstrød, just outside Allerød, [[Widex]] in Vassingerød.

Other companies headquartered in Allerød are the engineering consultancy [[NIRAS]], drug store and cosmetics chain [[Matas (drug store)|MATAS]], the development company Sjælsø Gruppen and the furniture companies [[Fritz Hansen (company)|Fritz Hansen]] and PP-Møbler.

==Culture==
[[Mungo Park (theatre)|Mungo Park]] is a small but very influential theatre, in the town centre.

==Sports==
The local badminton club, [[Lillerød BK]], has won the [[Danish Badminton League]] four times and [[Europe Cup (badminton)|Europe League]] three times.

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Allerød's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="11"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Det Nye Allerød|{{font color|white|D}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Lokallisten i Allerød|{{font color|white|E}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Vores Allerød|{{font color|white|E}}}}'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Blovstrød-Listen|{{font color|white|R}}}}'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|3
|1
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="5"|21
|77.8%
|Eva Nejstgaard (C)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|3
|1
|4
|2
|1
|4
|1
|1
|4
|76.6%
|Erik Lund (C)
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|4
|1
|6
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|1
|1
|1
|4
|1
|82.0%
|Jørgen Johansen (C)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|5
|1
|5
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|5
|1
|81.1%
|rowspan="2"|Karsten Längerich (V)
|-
|[[2021 Danish local elections|2021]]
|4
|1
|7
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|6
|1
|78.9%
|-
|colspan="99"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2021/K84982201.htm 2021]
|}

== Locations ==

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Lillerød]] || align="center"| 16,762
|-
| [[Lynge, Allerød Municipality|Lynge]] || align="center"| 4,172
|-
| [[Blovstrød]] || align="center"| 2,938
|-
| [[Nymølle, Allerød Municipality|Nymølle]] || align="center"| 344
|}
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== See also ==
* [[Allerød station]]
* [[Mungo Park (theatre)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.alleroedkommune.dk Municipality's official website]
*[http://www.per-olof.dk/lur/lurs.htm The Brudevaelte lurs].

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Allerød
 | N  = [[Hillerød Municipality|Hillerød]]
 | NE = [[Fredensborg Municipality|Fredensborg]]
 | E  = [[Hørsholm Municipality|Hørsholm]]
 | SE = [[Rudersdal Municipality|Rudersdal]]
 | S  = [[Furesø Municipality|Furesø]]
 | SW = [[Egedal Municipality|Egedal]]
 | W  = [[Frederikssund Municipality|Frederikssund]]
}}
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