Lejre Municipality

Municipality in Zealand, Denmark

Lejre Municipality Lejre Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Lejre municipality is primarily rural
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 55°36′16″N 11°58′30″E / 55.60444°N 11.975°E / 55.60444; 11.975
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Kirke Hvalsø
Government
• Mayor	Carsten Rasmussen (S)
Area
• Total	240.07 km² (92.69 sq mi)
Population (1. January 2023)^[1]
• Total	28,930
• Density	120/km² (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	350
Website	www.lejre.dk

Lejre Municipality (Danish: Lejre Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Zealand of Denmark.

The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the former Lejre Municipality with Bramsnæs Municipality and Hvalsø Municipality to form a new Lejre Municipality. 28 September 2016 Carsten Rasmussen took over as mayor from Mette Touborg, who was leaving for a new job. She had been the mayor since 1 January 2010. She was the only one from the left wing Socialist People's Party to hold the highest political position in a municipality, whereas he is from the Social Democrats.

Local companies include the chocolate manufacturer Friis-Holm.

Settlements

The municipality consists of the following settlements (populations as of 2011):

Kirke Hvalsø	3,941
Lejre	2,343
Osted	2,073
Kirke Hyllinge	1,984
Ejby	1,876

Gevninge	1,711
Kirke Såby	1,676
Kirke Sonnerup	965
Gershøj	688
Lyndby	561

and

Øm (village)
Kyndeløse Sydmark

Politics

Municipal council

Lejre's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party									Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
Election	A	B	C	F	I	L	O	V	Ø	Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
2005	7	1	1	1		2	1	12		25	77.1%	Flemming Jensen (V)
2009	6	1	2	6			1	9			72.2%	Mette Touborg (F)
2013	3		1	9	1		2	8	1		80.6%	Mette Touborg (F)
2017	6	1	2	5			2	8	1		78.3%	Carsten Rasmussen (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Notable people

Ole Søndergaard (1876 in Allerslev – 1958) a Danish landscape painter
Jørgen Jørgensen (1888 in Kornerup – 1974) a Danish politician and party leader
Karen Strand (1924 in Kirke Hyllinge – 2000) a Danish goldsmith and jewellery designer
Patricia Crone (1945 in Kyndeløse – 2015) a Danish-American author, Orientalist and historian specializing in early Islamic history

Notes

^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark

References

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