Ballerup

Ballerup is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (Sj?lland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 34 km?, and has a total population of 46,759 (2005). Its mayor is Ove E. Dalsgaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

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Neighboring municipalities are Herlev to the east, V?rl?se to the north, Stenl?se and Led?je-Sm?rum to the west, and Albertslund and Glostrup to the south.

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Ballerup municipality will not be merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).

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Ballerup is twinned with East Kilbride, Scotland.

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Copenhagen County: K?benhavns Amt (English: Copenhagen County) is a county (Danish, amt) on the island of Zealand (Sj?lland) in eastern Denmark. It covers the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg....