Gentofte Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Hovedstade
- Established
- 1 January 1842
- Seat
- Charlottenlund
- Mayor
- Michael Fenger ( C )
- Total
- 25.54 km (9.86 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,941/km (7,616/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- gentofte .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Gentofte Municipality (Danish: Gentofte Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden) on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of 25.54 km (9.86 sq mi), and has a total population of 75,106 (1 January 2026). Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been Michael Fenger, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti).
Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable Copenhagen suburbs such as Hellerup and Charlottenlund.