Allerød Municipality


Allerød Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 67 km2, and has a population of 26,128. Its mayor is Karsten Längerich of the political party
Venstre.
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Overview

The main town, Lillerød, is also the site of the municipal council. Smaller towns inside the municipality are Blovstrød and the towns of Lynge and Uggeløse, which have grown together
Allerød municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
The warm period after the last ice age is named the Allerød Oscillation after an archaeological site found at Allerød.
In 1797 six Bronze Age lurs was found in Lynge at Brudevælte.
Allerød is part of the Green Cities concept
The zip/postal code for Lillerød is 3450.

Economy

Allerød has a large concentration of technology companies in its industrial zones at the outskirts of the town. These include the hearing aid company Widex, Welltec, a developer of robotic technology for the off-shore industry and Weibel Scientific, a designer and manufacturer of continuous wave doppler radars. Hewlett-Packard's Danish headquarters moved to Allerød in 2004. IBM has a large facility in Blovstrød, just outside Allerød, Widex in Vassingerød.
Other companies headquartered in Allerød are the engineering consultancy NIRAS, drug store and cosmetics chain MATAS, the development company Sjælsø Gruppen and the furniture companies Fritz Hansen and PP-Møbler.

Culture

Mungo Park is a small but very influential theatre, in the town centre.

Sports

The local badminton club, Lillerød BK, has won the Danish Badminton League four times and Europe League three times.

Politics

Municipal council

Allerød's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Locations

Lillerød16,762
Lynge4,172
Blovstrød2,938
Nymølle344