Lyngby-Taarbæk

Lyngby-Taarbæk (official spelling. The spelling Lyngby-Tårbæk is occasionally used) is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand ("Sjælland") in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 39 km², and has a total population of 51,449 (2008). Its mayor is Rolf Svendsen, a member of the Conservative People's Party ("Det Konservative Folkeparti") political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kongens Lyngby. Other towns in the municipality are Taarbæk, Virum, Sorgenfri, Lundtofte, Brede, Hjortekær and Rådvad. To the east is the Øresund, which separates the island of Zealand from Sweden.

Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality was not merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Attractions

* Sorgenfri Palace
* Frilandsmuseet open air museum
* Nationalmuseet has an industrial museum in Brede

External links

* [http://www.ltk.dk Municipality's official website]
*" [http://wikitravel.org/en/Lyngby Lyngby] ", Wikitravel - travel guide

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]