Gentofte Totally Explained

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Gentofte is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km², and has a total population of 68,913 (2008). Its mayor is Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party. Toft has served as mayor since 1993.
   The municipality is an amalgamation of seven formerly independent towns, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is the town of Charlottenlund. The other towns are Dyssegård, Gentofte, Hellerup, Jægersborg, Klampenborg, Ordrup, and Vangede.
   Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden.
   Gentofte municipality wasn't merged with other municipalities on January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Demography

Population of Gentofte (from 1971 January 1 and from 1801 to 1921 February 1):

15.1.1769: 1.056
1.7.1787 : 1.526
1801 : 1.962
1840 : 2.750
1850 : 3.072
1860 : 3.660
1870 : 4.158
1880 : 5.106
1890 : 7.449
1901 : 14.470
1911 : 24.691
1921 : 34.451
5.11.1930:47.848
5.11.1940:76.457
7.11.1950:87.803
26.9.1960:88.308
9.11.1970:77.744
1971 : 77.683
1972 : 76.365
1973 : 74.673
1974 : 72.694
1975 : 71.634
1976 : 70.253
1977 : 68.873
1978 : 68.223
1979 : 67.667
1980 : 67.300
1981 : 66.782
1982 : 66.564
1983 : 66.902
1984 : 67.112
1985 : 66.767
1986 : 66.283
1987 : 66.011
1988 : 65.467
1989 : 65.032
1990 : 65.303
1991 : 65.696
1992 : 66.077
1993 : 65.986
1994 : 66.251
1995 : 66.508
1996 : 66.706
1997 : 66.986
1998 : 67.402
1999 : 67.709
2000 : 67.957
2001 : 68.094
2002 : 68.213
2003 : 68.314
2004 : 68.704
2005 : 68.991
2006 : 68.623
2007 : 68.672
2008 : 68.913

Attractions

Bakken - the world's oldest, intact, still-surviving amusement park, located in Gentofte (Klampenborg)

Bernstorff Palace

Ordrupgaard - art museum, French impressionists, Paul Gauguin, Danish paintings from around 1900, varying special exhibitions.

Gentofte Stadion - football stadium, home stadium of Hellerup IK

Famous residents of the municipality

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is probably Gentofte's most famous son, at least among younger generations. Writer Dan Turèll (b. 1946, d. 1993) lived in the Vangede part of Gentofte from 1955 - 1964 and again from 1966 - 1969. He documented these years in his 1975 book "Vangede billeder" ("Vangede pictures").
Shipping tycoon Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller also has his residence in the municipality.

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