Gentofte Municipality


Gentofte Municipality is a municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of, and has a total population of 75,076. Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been Michael Fenger, a member of the Conservative [People's Party (Denmark)|Conservative People's Party].
Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable Copenhagen suburbs such as Hellerup and Charlottenlund.
The municipality is an amalgamation of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original towns were Gentofte, Vangede and Ordrup. It later included Tuborg, Skovshoved, Dyssegård, Hellerup, Jægersborg, and Klampenborg.
Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. The Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden, is to the east.
Gentofte municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 1 January 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen.
Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica, was born in Gentofte.

Politics

Municipal council

Gentofte's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Attractions

Education

Gentofte Municipality is home to four public upper secondary schools: Øregård and Gemmel [Hellerup Gymnasium|Gammel Hellerup] in Hellerup, Aurehøj in Gentofte and Ordrup Gymnasium in Ordrup. Gentofte Municipality is also home to the private Rygaards International School and Copenhagen International School, although the latter are going to relocate to new premises that are under construction in the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen. Gentofte Studenterkursus offers a two-year programme.

Notable people

Parks and open spaces

The most important parks are Charlottenlund Beach Park, Hellerup Beach Park, Bernstorff Park.
Natural habitats are found at Gentofte Sø, a huge lake with many birds on it, Ermelunden in Jægersborg and Gammelmose in Vangede, Øregård Park with a lake, benches and also a playground. A small section of Jægersborg Dyrehave also extends into the municipality, while the rest, including the Dyrehavsbakken fun fair, is in Lyngby-Taarbæk.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gentofte is twinned with: