Vallensbæk Municipality

Vallensbæk Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

Overview

The municipality covers an area of 9.49 km² (2013), according to Municipal Key Figures (De Kommunale Nøgletal (www.noegletal.dk)), and has a population of 15484 (1 April 2016). Its mayor is Henrik Rasmussen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Vallensbæk.

The Church of Denmark has one parish in the municipality, namely Vallensbæk Parish.

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

The municipality has a beach, a marina, and the Vallensbæk Marsh (Vallensbæk Mose) recreation area.

The Local Council

As of January 1, 2014, the local council are as follows:^[1]

Henrik Rasmussen (Mayor), Søren Wiborg, Anette Eriksen, Kenneth Kristensen Berth, Katja Lindblad, Jytte Bendtsen, Martin Nielson, Søren Mayntz, Niels Jørgensen, Morten Schou Jørgensen, John Smith, Erdal Colak,Arne Petersen, Carina Kristensen Berth, Gitte Hansen Lumby and Niels Karlsen.

The local council meets once a month and meetings are open to all. All agendas and minutes are publicly available.^[2]

Political Committees

Vallensbæk has a finance committee and three standing policy committees:^[3]

Finance Committee
Social Affairs and Health Committee
Child and Culture Committee
Technical and Environmental Committee

Education

The town has three schools: Pilehave school (North Field), Vallensbæk school (village) and Egholm School (Beach).

References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Municipality's official website

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 55°38′N 12°22′E / 55.633°N 12.367°E / 55.633; 12.367

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