- Rødovre
Rødovre is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Copenhagen County on the island of
Zealand ("Sjælland") in easternDenmark at coord|55|41|N|12|27|E|. The municipality covers an area of 12 km², all part of the larger conurbation ofCopenhagen , and has a total population of 36,144 (2008). Its mayor is Erik Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party who hold a majority of seats in the council.Demographicly Rødovre is a verymulti-cultured mixed city with no larger ethinic group of people. Here lives people from many different countries and both high-class and lower-class inhabitants live next to each other.Neighboring municipalities are Copenhagen to the east,
Herlev to the north,Glostrup to the west, andBrøndby andHvidovre to the south.The municipality was created in 1901 when the parish of Rødovre was split from Brønshøj-Rødovre parish; the Brønshøj part was simultaneously annexed by the city of Copenhagen.The municipality reforms of 1970 and of 2007 both left the boundaries of Rødovre unchanged.
Rødovre is the home town of the ice-hockey team
Rødovre Mighty Bulls Famous residents of the municipality
It is the birthplace of politician
Helle Thorning-Schmidt and actressBrigitte Nielsen .Artist
Henry Heerup created many of his works in his outdoor atelier in Rødovre, and willed a collection of his own works to the municipality.See also
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Rødovre station External links
* [http://www.rk.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)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
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