Rudersdal Municipality

Rudersdal Municipality
Rudersdal Kommune (Danish)
Coat of arms of Rudersdal Municipality
Coordinates: 55°49′30″N 12°29′30″E / 55.825°N 12.4917°E / 55.825; 12.4917
CountryDenmark
RegionHovedstaden
Established1 January 2007
SeatHolte
Government
 • MayorAnn Sofie Orth (C)
Area
 • Total73.34 km2 (28.32 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2024)[1]
 • Total57,237
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code230
Websitewww.rudersdal.dk Edit this at Wikidata

Rudersdal Municipality (Danish: Rudersdal Kommune) is a part suburban, part rural municipality (Danish, kommune) located on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 73 km² and has a population of 57,237 (1. January 2024). The distance from Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 20 km. The western part of the municipality is served by the Hillerød radial of the S-train network while the eastern part is served by the Coast Line. Administratively Rudersdal Municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden.

On 1 January 2007 Rudersdal municipality was created as the result of 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, consisting of the former municipalities of Søllerød and Birkerød.

Its mayor as of 2022 is Ann Sofie Orth. She is a member of the Conservative Party political party. Rudersdal Town Hall (formerly Søllerød Town Hall), completed in 1942, was designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.[2]

  1. ^ BY2: Population by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "Rudersdal Rådhus" Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Rudersdal Kommune. (in Danish) Retrieved 5 November 2011.