Egedal Kommune is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

, kommune) in 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...

 in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. It covers an area of 125.79 km² (48.6 sq mi) with a total population of 40,533 (2008). Its mayor is Willy Eliasen, a member of the Liberal Party

Venstre (Denmark)

VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...

 (Venstre) political party

Politics of Denmark

The Politics of Denmark takes place in a framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, in which the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...

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History

On 1 January 2007 Egedal municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Ledøje-Smørum

Ledøje-Smørum

Until January 1, 2007 Ledøje-Smørum was a municipality in Copenhagen County on Zealand island in eastern Denmark, then merged into Egedal...

, Ølstykke

Ølstykke

Ølstykke is a town and a former municipality in Egedal municipality, Region Hovedstaden. The town is on the northern part of the island of Zealand , in eastern Denmark. The former Ølstykke municipality covered an area of 29 km², and had a total population of 15,358...

, and Stenløse

Stenløse Municipality

The former Stenløse Municipality covered an area of , and had a total population of 13,384 .Main town was Stenløse.-History:On January 1, 2007 Stenløse municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen . It was merged with Ledøje-Smørum and Ølstykke municipalities to form the new...

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External links

• The new Egedal municipality's official website (Danish only)