- Søllerød
Until
January 1 ,2007 , Søllerød was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island ofZealand ("Sjælland") in easternDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 39.77 km², and had a total population of 31,920 (2006). Its mayor is Erik Fabrin, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Holte . Other towns in the municipality wereGl. Holte ,Nærum ,Trørød ,Vedbæk ,Skodsborg ,Søllerød(old town) andØverød .Søllerød municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Birkerød municipality to form the newRudersdal municipality . This created a municipality with an area of 73 km² and a total population of 53,621 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the newRegion Hovedstaden ("Copenhagen Capital Region").Twin towns
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Haugesund ,Norway External links
* [http://www.rudersdal.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.rudersdal.dk/musark Municipality's Historical Museum website]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/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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