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Rudersdal Municipality

Rudersdal Municipality (Danish: Rudersdal Kommune) is a part suburban, part rural municipality (Danish, kommune) located on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 73 km2 and has a population of 57,912 (1 January 2026). The distance from Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 20 km. The western part of the municipality is served by the Hillerød radial of the S-train network while the eastern part is served by the Coast Line. Administratively Rudersdal Municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden.

On 1 January 2007 Rudersdal municipality was created as the result of 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, consisting of the former municipalities of Søllerød and Birkerød.

Its mayor as of 2022 is Ann Sofie Orth. She is a member of the Conservative Party political party. Rudersdal Town Hall (formerly Søllerød Town Hall), completed in 1942, was designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.

Birkerød Municipality was a municipality in Frederiksborg County, and Søllerød Municipality was a municipality in Copenhagen County, both on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. As of 2007 the two municipalities ceased to exist as they were merged to form Rudersdal Municipality. The municipality of Birkerød covered an area of 34 square kilometres (13 square miles), and had a total population of 21,930 (2005). It merged with Søllerød Municipality to form the new Rudersdal municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 73 square kilometres (28 square miles) and a total population of 53,621 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the new Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

As of 1 January 2015, 19,681 residents lived in neighbourhoods such as Holte and Søllerød that are part of Copenhagen's urban area, 20,191 lived in Birkerød, 12,491 lived in Hørsholm, 1,222 residents lived in Skodsborg, 606 residents lived in Ravnsnæs, 326 residents lived in Høsterkøb and 810 residents lived in rural zones.

Birkerød and Holte stations are located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network. Both are served by the A trains and Holte station is also served by the E trains.

Skodsborg and Vedbæk stations are located on the Coast Line between Copenhagen and Helsingør. The line is served by the Øresundståg trains.

The Nærum Line links Nærum with Jægersborg station on the S-train network.

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