Brøndby Municipality

Brøndby Kommune is a Danish municipality in the Capital Region. Covering an area of ​​21.00 km ² there (as of 1 January 2013) 34,210 inhabitants live.

Council is based in Brøndby, a suburb of Copenhagen, located on the northern edge of the Køge Bugt. Brøndby itself is part of the Capital Region Hovedstadsområdet, but not the rural portions of the municipality. Outside the closed settlement area is just 200 people. Brøndby is only 19 minutes car or train from Copenhagen.

The municipality is divided into four parishes (Danish: Sogn ) to:

Population Development

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History

In the Middle Ages Brøndby still consisted of two villages - Brøndbyøster and Brøndbyvester - with two churches from the 12th century. In the mid-20th century Brøndby North arose with bunk houses, some of which are equipped with large paintings on the gable walls. Later Brøndby beach was added. The church was built in 1984 in Brøndby beach has a carillon and many carillon concerts every year instead.

The town hall was built in 1959 and was later expanded several times.

Infrastructure and Leisure

In Brøndby there are several industrial areas (IT, electronics and transport companies ). It is the headquarters of the Nilfisk -Advance AG. Furthermore Brøndby has a marina for yachts and motor boats and a beach park with white sand and dunes on the Oresund, where you can swim in the summer.

The football stadium Brøndby has space for 31,700 visitors. Several times the football team Brøndby IF was Danish Champion. To the south of the stadium are located next to the multipurpose hall Brøndby halls the House of Sport ( Idraettens Hus ), in which the state elite sports organization Team Danmark, the Danish Sports Federation Danmarks Idræts - Forbund and several of its sports federations are housed. A little further south is the highest flagpole of Denmark, the " Margrethe flagpole " ( Margrethe flagmasten ). It was a birthday present for Queen Margrethe II on her 50th birthday in 1990. The mast is 47.5 meters high and provided with a golden, half a meter high crown as flag button.

Twin Cities

The Brøndby municipality maintains with the following cities and communities partnerships:

  • Botkyrka, Sweden
  • Dorogomilovo District, Russia
  • Prague 2 ( Mestske Casti Praha 2 ), Czech Republic
  • Rod, Norway
  • Steglitz- Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany
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