Furesø Kommune is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

: kommune) in Denmark

Denmark

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. It has a population of 37,667 (2008) and an area of 55.68 km² (21.50 sq.mi.). The municipality belongs to the Copenhagen Capital Region

Region Hovedstaden

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 and lies 20 km northwest of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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. Its mayor is Ole Bondo Christensen, a member of the Social Democrats

Social Democrats (Denmark)

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 (Socialdemokraterne) political party

Politics of Denmark

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. It is a municipality with much forest and access to several lakes, of which it is named after the largest, Furesøen, which has a popular beach with rest rooms, a small candy/ice shop and in addition sportsboat (competition) clubs and a restaurant open all year.

In September 2008, it was finally decided by the Ministry of the Environment that Flyvestation Værløse, a former air base - Denmark's first - situated 17 km from the City Hall square of Copenhagen and offered to the municipality to own, would be granted legally protected status from extensive real estate exploitation. This offer (to own the former air base) was a consequence of the actions by the former mayor of Farum

Farum

Farum is a town in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 18,521 .The town is part of Furesø municipality. Until 2006, it constituted Farum municipality....

 municipality Peter Brixtofte

Peter Brixtofte

Peter Brixtofte was a Member of the Danish Parliament representing Venstre from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005. Brixtofte served as Tax Minister from 19 November 1992 to 24 January 1993. He is best known as the former Mayor of Farum...

, who was imprisoned in 2008.

The last three stations, namely Hareskov

Hareskov station

Hareskov station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark....

, Værløse

Værløse station

Værløse station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves the town of Værløse in Furesø municipality....

 and Farum

Farum station

Farum station is the terminus of the Hareskovbanen radial of the S-train network around Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located about 1 km east of the old village Farum, but is the center of the modern Farum, which has grown up around the station....

, of one S-train

S-Train

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 commuter train line from Copenhagen are located in the municipality.

It was established as a merger of the former Farum

Farum municipality

Farum municipality was a municipality in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On January 1, 2007 it merged with Værløse municipality to form the new Furesø municipality as a consequence of Denmark's Municipal Reform....

 and Værløse

Værløse

Værløse was a municipality consisting of only one parish also named Værløse in the former Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 34 km², and in 2005 had a total population of 18,649...

 municipalities on January 1, 2007 as a consequence of the Municipal Reform.

External links

• Official website of Furesø municipality
• Map
• Searchable/printable map of municipalities (Krak)(outline of municipality does not print out!)
• Printable map with outline of municipality (Krak)(outline of municipality does not print out!)