Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
Municipality
de
Country	Denmark
Region	Capital Region
Seat	Kongens Lyngby
Government
• Mayor	de (Conservative Party)
Area
• Total	38.88 km2 (15.01 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2014)
• Total	54,454
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	173
Website	www.ltk.dk

Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune (the spelling Lyngby-Tårbæk Kommune is occasionally used) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 39 km², and has a total population of 54,454 (1 April 2014). Its mayor as of 2014 is da, a member of the Conservative People's Party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kongens Lyngby. Other towns in the municipality are Taarbæk, Virum, Sorgenfri, Lundtofte, Brede, Hjortekær and Rådvad. To the east is the Øresund, which separates the island of Zealand from Sweden.

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

Attractions

• Sorgenfri Palace
• Frilandsmuseet open-air museum
• Nationalmuseet has an industrial museum in Brede

Economy

The municipality is home to head offices of companies such as COWI, Alectia and Hempel Group.

References

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

External links

• Official website