Halsnæs Municipality
Halsnæs Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 122.15 km² (2013), according to Municipal Key Figures (De Kommunale Nøgletal (www.noegletal.dk)), and has a total population of 30,644 (1 April 2014). Its name comes from Halsnæs, the peninsula that forms the western part of the municipality.
Halsnæs Municipality
Halsnæs Kommune | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Hovedstaden |
| Seat | Frederiksværk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steffen Jensen (S) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 122.15 km2 (47.16 sq mi) |
| Population (1 April 2014) | |
| • Total | 30,644 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 260 |
| Website | www.halsnaes.dk |
The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Frederiksværk and Hundested. At first the merged municipality wore the hyphenated name Frederiksværk-Hundested, but it was changed to Halsnæs on 1 January 2008. Its mayor, as of 1 January 2018, is Steffen Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats political party.
Geography
Lake Arresø, the largest lake in Denmark, has its western part in the municipality. Originally a fjord connected to Kattegat, it was landlocked when the land northwest of the lake rose by 5 meters in the last ice age. In 1717, by royal order a canal was built (finished in 1719) to connect the lake with Roskilde fjord. The construction of the canal was necessary because the natural stream (Danish:å) from the lake to the fjord was filling up with sand. The water in the newly built canal was harnessed by a watermill, and the town of Frederiksværk basically was created through industrialization.
Urban areas
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederiksværk | 12,257 |
| 2 | Hundested | 8,861 |
| 3 | Liseleje | 2.580 |
| 4 | Ølsted | 1,863 |
| 5 | Vinderød | 1,033 |
| 6 | Melby | 792 |
| 7 | Evetofte | 368 |
| 8 | Torup | 321 |
| 9 | Ølsted Sydstrand | 250 |
| 10 | Ølsted Strandhuse | 220 |
Politics
Municipal council
Halsnæs' municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | F | O | V | Ø | |||||||
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 66.5% | Helge Friis (A) | |||
| 2009 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 64.5% | ||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 73.1% | Steen Hasselriis (V) | ||||||
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 71.1% | Steffen Jensen (A) | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Landmarks
- Arresødal Castle, completed in 1788, now serves as a private hospital.
External links
- Halsnæs municipality's official website (in Danish)
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
