Albertslund Municipality

Albertslund ( _da. 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 (2008). Its mayor is Finn Aaberg, a member of the Social Democrats political party. The Social Democrats currently has an absolute majority in the city council, with 11 out of a total of 21 seats.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Albertslund.The original name of the municipality was Herstedernes Kommune. In 1973 the name was changed to Albertslund Kommune. The name Herstederne represents the two communities of Herstedvester and Herstedøster which were the original villages in the area together with Vridsløse and Risby.

Neighboring municipalities are Glostrup to the east, Ballerup and Egedal municipality to the north, Høje-Taastrup to the west, and Vallensbæk and Brøndby to the south.

Albertslund is home to Danmarks International Kollegium, which has won many awards for its design.

Albertslund Municipality was not merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide 2007 Municipal Reform.

Affiliations

Albertslund is twinned with the following towns:

*flagicon|Germany Borken, Germany
*flagicon|Germany Grabow, Germany
*flagicon|Sweden Mölndal, Sweden
*flagicon|Scotland Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
*flagicon|England Whitstable, England
*flagicon|Greenland Sisimiut, Greenland
*flagicon|Czech Republic Říčany, Czech Republic

External links

* [http://www.albertslund.dk Municipality's official website]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
*da icon Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
*da iconMapsearch of new municipalities(Krak) [http://kort.krak.dk/borgerdk.kortsoegning/imapDKbig.asp]
*da icon Printable map(Krak) [http://kort.krak.dk/ml_simplex/link.asp?id=1180eadabdd2454ab1156e0e6ed7caba&lp=e|617920200|617092500|70564700|71599400&ai=Albertslund&komnr=165] (outline not printable!)
* List of twin towns: [http://www.albertslund.dk/fritid/default.asp?infoId=1371468 Albertslund.dk]