Editing Gentofte Municipality

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| name                    = Gentofte Municipality
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| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Hovedstade]]
| established_title       = Established
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| seat                    = [[Charlottenlund]]
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| leader_party            = [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|C]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = [[Michael Fenger]]
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'''Gentofte Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Gentofte Kommune}}) is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in the [[Capital Region of Denmark]] (''Region Hovedstaden'') on the east coast of the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]]. It covers an area of {{convert|25.54|km²|2|abbr=on}}, and has a total population of 75,076 (1. January 2025).  Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been [[Michael Fenger]], a member of the [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party]] (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'').

Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable [[Copenhagen]] suburbs such as [[Hellerup]] and [[Charlottenlund]].

The municipality is an [[amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]] of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original towns were [[Gentofte]], [[Vangede]] and [[Ordrup]]. It later included Tuborg, [[Skovshoved]], Dyssegård, [[Hellerup]], [[Jægersborg]], and [[Klampenborg]].

Neighboring municipalities are [[Lyngby-Taarbæk]] to the north, [[Gladsaxe]] to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. The [[Øresund]], the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden, is to the east.

Gentofte municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 1 January 2007 nationwide [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'']].

[[Lars Ulrich]], drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band [[Metallica]], was born in Gentofte.
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== Demography ==

{{ Historical populations
| title = Historical population of Gentofte
| align = none
| shading = off
| cols = 2
| 1769|1,056
| 1787|1,526
| 1801|1,962
| 1840|2,750
| 1850|3,072
| 1860|3,660
| 1870|4,158
| 1880|5,106
| 1890|7,449
| 1901|14,470
| 1911|24,691
| 1921|34,451
| 1930|47,848
| 1940|76,457
| 1950|87,803
| 1960|88,308
| 1970|77,744
| 1980|67,300
| 1990|65,303
| 2000|67,957
| 2009|70,000
| graph-pos = bottom
| footnote = ''Note:'' 1769's count refers to 15 January 1769; 1787's count refers to 1 July 1787.
| source = {{cn|date=September 2021}}
}}

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Gentofte's municipal council consists of 19 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="8"| 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:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|'''[[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|I}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Gentofte-listen|{{font color|white|T}}}}'''
|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]]
|2
|2
|9
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|17
|68.8%
|rowspan="4"|Hans Toft (C)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|3
|2
|10
|2
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|2
|rowspan="3"|19
|66.3%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|3
|1
|11
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|2
|1
|72.4%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|2
|1
|13
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|1
|71.6%
|-
|colspan="14"|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] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017]
|}

== Attractions ==
* [[Bellavista housing estate]] and [[Bellevue Teatret]] designed by [[Arne Jacobsen]]
* [[Bernstorff Palace]]
* [[Charlottenlund]] palace, park and forest
* [[Ordrupgaard]] – art museum, French impressionists, Paul Gauguin, Danish paintings from around 1900, varying special exhibitions.
* [[Gentofte Sportspark]] – [[association football|football]] stadium, home stadium of [[Hellerup IK]]
* [[Kildeskovshallen]]- swimming pool (including a 50m pool, 25m pool, a children's pool, a baby pool with warm water basin, and also Finnish saunas), including also other facilities such as two halls for ball game, a physiotherapist clinique, fitness centre, conference rooms, and a restaurant.  
* [[Øregård Museum]]

==Education==
Gentofte Municipality is home to four public upper secondary schools: [[Øregård Gymnasium|Øregård]] and [[Gemmel Hellerup Gymnasium|Gammel Hellerup]] in Hellerup, [[Aurehøj Gymnasium|Aurehøj]] in Gentofte and [[Ordrup Gymnasium]] in [[Ordrup]]. Gentofte Municipality is also home to the private [[Rygaards International School]] and [[Copenhagen International School]], although the latter are going to relocate to new premises that are under construction in the [[Nordhavn, Copenhagen|Nordhavn]] district of Copenhagen. Gentofte Studenterkursus offers a two-year programme.

== Notable people ==
* [[Lars Ulrich]] - Drummer of [[Metallica]]
* [[King Haakon VII]] - Prince of [[Denmark]]/King of  [[Norway]]

==Parks and open spaces==
[[File:Gentofte Sø.jpg|thumb|View over Gentofte Lake]]
The most important parks are [[Charlottenlund Beach Park]], [[Hellerup Beach Park]], [[Bernstorff Palace|Bernstorff Park]].

Natural habitats are found at [[Gentofte Sø]], a huge lake with many birds on it, [[Ermelunden, Denmark|Ermelunden]] in Jægersborg and [[Gammelmose]] in Vangede, [[Øregård Park]] (or [[Øregård Museum]]'s Garden) with a lake, benches and also a playground. A small section of [[Jægersborg Dyrehave]] also extends into the municipality, while the rest, including the [[Dyrehavsbakken]] fun fair, is in Lyngby-Taarbæk.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Gentofte is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Venskabsbyer|url=https://www.gentofte.dk/da/Om-kommunen/Venskabsbyer|website=gentofte.dk|publisher=Gentofte Kommune|language=da|accessdate=2021-04-15}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Halmstad Municipality|Halmstad]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Hanko, Finland|Hanko]], Finland
*{{flagicon|GRL}} [[Sermersooq]], Greenland
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Stord]], Norway

== See also ==
* [[Gentofte station]]
* [[Gentofte Hospital]]
* [[Steno Diabetes Center]]
* [[Kildeskovshallen]]
* [[Gentofte Town Hall]]
* [[Gentofte#Notable people]]

==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]
* Demography:{{in lang|da}} Statistical Yearbook of Copenhagen. {{ISBN|87-7024-230-5}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.gentofte.dk Official website]
*[http://www.gentofte.net Local Portal]
*[http://www.dit-gentofte.dk Dit-Gentofte - Local media in Gentofte]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Gentofte
 | N  = [[Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality|Lyngby-Taarbæk]]
 | E  = ''[[Øresund]]''
 | S  = [[Copenhagen Municipality|Copenhagen]]
 | W  = [[Gladsaxe Municipality|Gladsaxe]]
}}
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{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
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