Furesø Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Hovedstaden
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Seat
- Værløse
- Mayor
- Ole Bondo Christensen ( S )
- Total
- 56.81 km (21.93 sq mi)
- Density
- 754.7/km (1,955/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .furesoe .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Has part
- Kirke Værløse
- Named after
- Furesø
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Værløse
- Population
- 40156
- Area
- 56.80
- Elevation
- 37
- Shares border with
- Herlev Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.furesoe.dk
- Image
- Hareskovby - Annexgård sep09.jpg
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- inception
- 2007-01-01
- Commons category
- Furesø Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Furesø Municipality
- replaces
- Farum Municipality
- owner of
- Right to Dream Park
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Furesø Municipality
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Furesø Municipality (Danish: Furesø Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Denmark. It has a population of 42,874 (1 January 2026) and a total area of 55.68 km (21.50 sq.mi.) with water and forest making up around 10 and 15 km, respectively. 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.
Værløse Air Base
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Furesø Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.