Country Denmark Seat Kongens Lyngby Municipal code 173 Area 38.88 km² Capital Kongens Lyngby | Region Capital Region Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.ltk.dk Population 54,454 (1 Apr 2014) | |
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University Technical University of Denmark Points of interest Frilandsmuseet, Sorgenfri Palace, Dyrehavsbakken, Jægersborg Dyrehave, Korsbæk Bakken | ||
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 Sofia Osmani, a member of the Conservative People's Party.
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Map of Lyngby-Taarb%C3%A6k Municipality, Denmark
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).
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Economy
The municipality is home to head offices of companies such as COWI, Alectia, Microsoft and Hempel Group.