Furesø Municipality

Furesø commune [ fu ː ʀəsø ː ʔ ] is a commune in the Danish Capital Region. It has 38 236 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) and an area of ​​56.80 km ².

Furesø commune located 20 km north- west of Copenhagen. In the local area there are large areas of forest and several lakes, after the largest of these lakes, the Furesø ( German Furesee ), is named the municipality.

The municipality was created in the municipal reform on 1 January 2007 from the merger of the formerly independent municipalities of Farum and Værløse. Seat of administration is in Farum.

Towns and villages in the municipality

The area contains the following parish communities (Danish: Sogn ) and villages with over 200 inhabitants ( byer as defined by the Danish Bureau of Statistics ), with a registered population of zero, the place in the past had more than 200 inhabitants:

A The city Birkerød is for the most part on the territory of the Birkerød Sogn Sogn and Bistrup in Rudersdal municipality to each a small part but also in the field of Blovstrød Sogn in the Allerød Kommune and just the Farum Sogn.

B The city Smørumnedre is for the most part on the territory of Måløv Sogn in the Ballerup Kommune and Smørum Sogn in the Egedal Kommune, a small part but also in the field of Værløse Sogn.

C. A part of the territory of the commune, which corresponds to the city Hareskovby, part of the settlement area Hovedstadsområdet. ( Be distinguished within which no other places ) in this area, currently live 3699 inhabitants.