Brøndby
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Danish language
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, kommune) in the former Copenhagen County (now Region Hovedstaden
Region Hovedstaden
The Capital Region of Denmark is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the...
) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark
Denmark
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. The municipality covers an area of 21 km², and has a total population of 33,831 (2008). Its mayor is Ib Terp, a member of the Social Democrats
Social Democrats (Denmark)
The Social Democrats , is a Danish political party committed to the political ideology of social democracy. It is the major coalition partner in Denmark's government since the 2011 parliamentary election, and party leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the current Prime Minister of Denmark...
(Socialdemokraterne) political party
Politics of Denmark
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.
The site of its municipal council is the town of Brøndbyvester. Neighboring municipalities are Hvidovre
Hvidovre
Hvidovre Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 22 km², and has a total population of 49,380...
to the east, Rødovre
Rødovre
Rødovre Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Its mayor is Erik Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats political party who hold a majority of seats in the council.-History:The municipality was created in 1901 when the parish of Rødovre was...
and Glostrup
Glostrup
Glostrup Kommune is a suburban municipality and town in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand approx. 10 km west of Copenhagen in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 13 km², and has a total population of 20,673 . Its Zip code is 2600...
to the north, Albertslund
Albertslund
Albertslund Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 23 km², and has a total population of 27,602 . Its mayor is Steen Christiansen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...
to the northwest, and Vallensbæk
Vallensbæk
Vallensbæk Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.-Overview:The municipality covers an area of 9.15 km², and has a total population of 12,399...
to the west. To the south is Køge Bay (Køge Bugt).
The geography of Brøndby municipality was not affected on 1 January 2007 by the result of the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
The town of Brøndby
Brøndbyvester
Brøndbyvester is a Danish town, seat and main settlement of the Brøndby Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.-History:The town is the original core of Brøndby and sometimes is simply named in that way.-Geography:...
(West), Brøndbyøster (East) and to the south Brøndby Strand
Brøndby Strand
Brøndby Strand is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately 13 km south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark-Overview:...
. Brøndbyøster is the "original" Brøndby and has a couple of old farm houses, but mostly consists of single family houses - this is a typical middle-class Danish suburb. Brondby's name in Danish means "well town".
Brøndbyøster is east of the big intersection that parts the 3 different Brøndbys. (Brøndby Strand Projects '93http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/B_strand.jpg), this part of the city has many older people and immigrants.
Brøndby Strand
Brøndby Strand
Brøndby Strand is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately 13 km south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark-Overview:...
is actually a mix of those two cities. There are lot of single-family houses and 12 high-rise residential estates. This area has a multicultural mix with successful artists like international smashhit Outlandish
Outlandish
Outlandish is a multi-award–winning hip-hop group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consists of Isam Bachiri , Waqas Ali Qadri , and Lenny Martinez . All three members are religious, with Isam and Waqas being Muslims and Lenny being Catholic...
, Burhan G and Majid. These four neighborhoods are also known as the Southside or Southcoast Copenhagen.
Brøndby is the home of Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...
, a football
Football (soccer)
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club. It is also the home of the hiphop group Outlandish
Outlandish
Outlandish is a multi-award–winning hip-hop group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consists of Isam Bachiri , Waqas Ali Qadri , and Lenny Martinez . All three members are religious, with Isam and Waqas being Muslims and Lenny being Catholic...
, R&B singer Burhan G
Burhan G
Burhan Genç known as Burhan G is a Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish/Turkish origin from Turkey. His father is Turkish origin and his mother kurdish origin. He has three albums including Burhan G in 2010. that was certified platinum in Denmark...
, rapper Majid
Majid (rapper)
Majid is a Danish rapper of Moroccan-Berber origin. Residing in Brøndby Strand near Copenhagen, Denmark he was a major contributor to Danish act Outlandish, which also hails from Brøndby Strand...
and National Hockey League
National Hockey League
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player Mikkel Boedker
External links
- Municipality's official website
- Brøndby IFKrak searchable/printable mapsKrak map of Brøndby(outline of municipality does not print out!)