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 24,201. Its mayor is Karsten Längerich of the political party
Venstre.

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 by 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen.
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. 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

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

Distribution of the 21 seats in the municipal council, as of the municipal elections in 2017.
PartySeats
Conservative People's Party5
Social Democrats5
Venstre5
Social People's Party2
Social Liberal Party1
Our Allerød1
Blovstrød List1
Red-Green Alliance1

Locations

Lillerød16,732
Lynge4,086
Blovstrød2,913
Nymølle350