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Ishøj Municipality (Danish: Ishøj Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the Capital Region on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers 26 km², with a total population of 23,663 (1. January 2024). Its mayor is Merete Amdisen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
Ishøj Municipality
Ishøj Kommune (Danish) | |
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| Coordinates: 55°37′00″N 12°19′00″E / 55.616666666667°N 12.316666666667°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | 1 April 1970 |
| Seat | Ishøj |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ole Bjørstorp (S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.94 km2 (10.02 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 23,663 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 183 |
| Website | ishoj |
As of 2023, it has the highest share of people with a foreign-background in Denmark, with 44.2% having a foreign-background. 55.8% has a Danish-background, 16.3% Turkish, 5.6% Pakistani and 22.3% have another background (Polish, Nepali, Iraqi, Romanian, Indian, Moroccan and Bulgarian, among others).[2]
The main town, and the site of the municipal council, is the town of Ishøj, which has one of Scandinavia's biggest housing projects - Vejleåparken (formerly Ishøjplanen).[3] Other places are the villages of Ishøj Landsby and Torslunde.
Neighboring municipalities are Vallensbæk to the east, Høje-Taastrup to the north and west, and Greve to the south.
Ishøj Municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as part of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Politics
editMunicipal council
editIshøj's municipal council consists of 19 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 | C | F | O | V | Ø | ||||||||
| 2005 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 62.6% | Ole Bjørstorp (A) | |||||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 60.3% | ||||||
| 2013 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67.2% | |||||||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 59.6% | |||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Notable people
edit- Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895 in the village of Torslunde – 1986) a Danish textile artist who specialized in printed fabrics
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Population at the first day of the quarter by region, sex, age (5 years age groups), ancestry and country of origin". statistikbanken.dk. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Den boligsociale helhedsplan i Vejleåparken". ishoj.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal merges and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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