Ledøje-Smørum

Ledøje-Smørum is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 31 km², and has a total population of 10,525 (2005). Its mayor is Jens Jørgen Nygaard, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.

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Danish - Kommune - Copenhagen County - Zealand - Denmark - Km² - Conservative People's Party - Political party

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The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Smørum.

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The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

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• Ledøje Parish
• Smørum Parish

Neighboring municipalities are Ballerup to the east and north, Stenløse to the north, Gundsø to the west, and Høje-Taastrup and Albertslund to the south.

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Ballerup - Stenløse - Gundsø - Høje-Taastrup - Albertslund

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By January 1, 2007 Ledøje-Smørum municipality will cease to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality_Reform_2007|Kommunalreformen ("The

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January 1 - 2007

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Municipality Reform" of 2007)]]. It will be merged with existing Stenløse and Ølstykke municipalities to form the new Egedal municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 126 km² and a total population of 39,267 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

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Stenløse - Ølstykke - Egedal municipality - Km² - Region Hovedstaden

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