Editing Rødovre Municipality

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| name                    = Rødovre Municipality
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| seat_type               = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]
| seat                    = [[Rødovre]]
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| leader_party            = [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|S]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Britt Jensen
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'''Rødovre Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Rødovre Kommune}}) is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in the [[Capital Region of Denmark|Capital Region]] on the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] in eastern [[Denmark]]. Its [[Rødovre Municipality#History|mayor]] is Britt Jensen. She is a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (''Socialdemokraterne'') [[Politics of Denmark|political party]] who hold a majority of seats in the council.

==History==
The municipality was created in 1901 when the parish of [[Rødovre]] was split from Brønshøj-Rødovre parish; the Brønshøj part was simultaneously annexed by the city of Copenhagen.

The municipality reforms of 1970 and of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|2007]] both left the boundaries of Rødovre unchanged.

Erik Nielsen was replaced by Britt Jensen as mayor by a vote in the municipal council 19 March 2020 because the former made use of an official car although he only had one [[Meter|kilometer]] to work.  She was the only candidate.

==Geography==
The municipality covers an area of 12&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, all part of the larger conurbation of [[Copenhagen]].

Neighboring municipalities are [[Copenhagen]] to the east, [[Herlev Municipality|Herlev]] to the north, [[Glostrup]] to the west, and [[Brøndby]] and [[Hvidovre]] to the south.

==Demography==
As of 1 January 2020 the municipality had 40,652 inhabitants of which 101 had no fixed address. The population number was 36,144 1 January 2008. Demographically Rødovre is a [[Multiculturalism|multi-cultured]] mixed suburb with no larger ethnic group of people. People from many different countries and middle-class/lower-class inhabitants live next to each other.

==Sport==
Rødovre is the home town of the ice-hockey team [[Rødovre Mighty Bulls]].

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Rødovre'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="7"| 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:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|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]]
|11
|1
|1
|1
|2
|2
|1
|rowspan="4"|19
|64.0%
|rowspan="4"|Erik Nielsen (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|11
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|1
|3
|3
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|60.4%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|9
|2
|1
|3
|2
|2
|67.4%
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|11
|3
|1
|1
|1
|2
|65.0%
|-
|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]
|}

== Curiosities ==
*  The Danish TV television show [[Rita (TV series)|Rita]] is filmed in Islev, Rødovre.
* [[Peter Lundin]] a Danish serial killer, killed and dismembered his partner and her two sons while they were living in Rødovre.
* Michael Stützer, guitarist of Thrash Metal band [[Artillery (band)|Artillery]] is local

==Twin towns==
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
|
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Järvenpää]], [[Finland]]
||
* {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Lørenskog]], [[Norway]]
||
* {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Täby]], [[Sweden]]
|}

== See also ==
{{See also|Rødovre#Notable_People}}
* [[Listed buildings and structures in Rødovre Municipality]]
* [[Rødovre station]]

== 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-inline|Rødovre Kommune}}
* {{Official website|http://www.rk.dk|Municipality's official website}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Rødovre
 | N  = [[Herlev Municipality|Herlev]]
 | E  = [[Copenhagen Municipality|Copenhagen]]
 | S  = [[Hvidovre Municipality|Hvidovre]]
 | SW = [[Brøndby Municipality|Brøndby]]
 | W  = [[Glostrup Municipality|Glostrup]]
}}
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