Gentofte
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Location in Denmark

Gentofte is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km², and has a total population of 68,913 (2008). Its mayor is Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party. Toft has served as mayor since 1993.

The municipality is an amalgamation of seven formerly independent towns, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is the town of Charlottenlund. The other towns are Dyssegård, Gentofte, Hellerup, Jægersborg, Klampenborg, Ordrup, and Vangede.

Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden.

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

Hellerup is also one of its districts.

Demography

Population of Gentofte (from 1971 January 1 and from 1801 to 1921 February 1):

Attractions

• Bakken - the world's oldest, intact, still-surviving amusement park, located in Gentofte (Klampenborg)
• Bernstorff Palace
• Ordrupgaard - art museum, French impressionists, Paul Gauguin, Danish paintings from around 1900, varying special exhibitions.
• Gentofte Stadion - football stadium, home stadium of Hellerup IK

Famous residents of the municipality

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is probably Gentofte's most famous native, at least among younger generations.

Writer Dan Turèll (b. 1946, d. 1993) lived in the Vangede part of Gentofte from 1955 - 1964 and again from 1966 - 1969. He documented these years in his 1975 book "Vangede billeder" ("Vangede pictures").

Shipping tycoon Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller also has his residence in the municipality.

See also

• Gentofte station
• Gentofte Hospital

External links

• Official website
• Local Portal

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
• Demography:(Danish) Statistical Yearbook of Copenhagen. ISBN 87-7024-230-5

Coordinates: 55°45′02″N 12°33′07″E / 55.750472, 12.552073