Birkerød
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Birkerød Church
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| Coordinates: 55°50′20″N 12°25′48″E / 55.83889°N 12.43000°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Capital (Hovedstaden) |
| Municipality | Rudersdal |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 20,228 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 3460 Birkerød |
| Area code(s) | (+45) 48 |
Birkerød (Danish pronunciation: [ˈbiɐ̯ɡəʀøːˀð]) is a suburban town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is surrounded by several lakes and small woodlands. Birkerød station is located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network.
In 2010, the NGO Global Medical Aid was established in Birkerød.
The parish of Birkerød was home to the villages Birkerød, Kajerød, Bistrup, Ravnsnæs, Isterød, Høsterkøb, Sandbjerg and Ubberød.
Birkerød became a railway town in 1868, when the Nordbanen railway opened a trainstation here between Lyngby and Helsingør. This led to new growth and several brickyards opened in the area in the second half of the 19th century. The rail line between Copenhagen and Hillerød was later converted to an S-train line and construction of new residential neighbourhoods accelerated in the 1940s which, in time, made Birkerød merge with Bistrup to the south, Kajerød to the west and Ravnsnæs to the east.
Birkerød is bordered by 941-hectare Lake Furesø to the south and Lake Sjælsø to the north. The smaller Birkerød Lake is located just south of the railway station in the town centre. The approximately 86 hectares wetland along the northeastern shores of Lake Furesø and the western part of Frederikslund Forest separates Birkerød (Bistrup) from Holte to the southeast. Bistrup Hegn is situated between Bistrup to the south and Birkerød to the north. Rude Forest is located to the east of Virkerød. Eskemose Forest at Lake Sjælsø, north of Kajerød, is the site of several natural springs.
Birkerød consists mainly of single family detached homes.
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