Copenhagen Municipality

Coordinates: 55°40′31″N 12°34′13″E / 55.67528°N 12.57028°E / 55.67528; 12.57028

Copenhagen municipality (Københavns Kommune)
Municipality
Copenhagen City Hall
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Hovedstaden
Seat	Copenhagen City Hall
- coordinates	55°40′31″N 12°34′13″E / 55.67528°N 12.57028°E / 55.67528; 12.57028
Area	88.25 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population	539,542 (2011)
Density	6,114 / km2 (15,835 / sq mi)
Lord Mayor	Frank Jensen (Social Democrats)
Timezone	CET (UTC1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC2)
Location in Denmark
Website: www.kk.dk

Copenhagen Municipality (Danish: Københavns Kommune) is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.

The municipality covers 91.3 km² (88.25km² of which is land), and has a population of 539,542 (2011). The Lord Mayor of Copenhagen as of 2010 is Frank Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who is head of the Finance Committee. Other mayors are Bo Asmus Kjeldgaard (Technics and Environment Committee), Pia Allerslev (Cultural and Recreational Committee), Anne Vang (Children and Youth Committee), Ninna Thomsen (Health and Care Committee), Mikkel Warming (Social Committee) and Klaus Bondam (Employment and Integration Committee).

The municipal seat of government is the Copenhagen City Hall (Danish: Københavns Rådhus).

Overview

Copenhagen municipality was one of the three last Danish municipalities not belonging to a county — the others being Frederiksberg (the municipality with the smallest area and an enclave within Copenhagen municipality itself) and Bornholm. On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden (i.e. the Copenhagen Capital Region).

Neighboring municipalities are Gentofte, Gladsaxe and Herlev to the north, Rødovre and Hvidovre to the west, and Tårnby to the south. Frederiksberg is located as an enclave within the municipality, and is thus surrounded by Copenhagen.

Copenhagen municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Districts

The districts of Copenhagen municipality:
A: Indre By ("Copenhagen Center")
B: Christianshavn
C: Indre Østerbro ("Inner Østerbro")
D: Ydre Østerbro ("Outer Østerbro")
E: Indre Nørrebro ("Inner Nørrebro")
F: Ydre Nørrebro ("Outer Nørrebro")
G: Bispebjerg
H: Vanløse
I: Brønshøj-Husum
J: Vesterbro
K: Kongens Enghave
L: Valby
M: Vestamager
N: Sundbyvester
O: Sundbyøster

The municipality is divided into 15 administrative, statistical and tax districts (bydele):

Indre By ("Copenhagen Center") Christianshavn Indre Østerbro ("Inner Østerbro") Ydre Østerbro ("Outer Østerbro") Indre Nørrebro ("Inner Nørrebro")

Ydre Nørrebro ("Outer Nørrebro") Vesterbro Kongens Enghave Valby Vanløse

Brønshøj-Husum Bispebjerg Sundbyøster Sundbyvester Vestamager

Demography

Historic population. The two figures for 1 February 1901 are before and after the municipality annexed some nearby parishes. The apparent decline since the mid-1900s are due to the figures not including the urban areas outside Copenhagen municipality.

Date Year Population 1450 est. 4–5,000 1500 est. 10,000 1650 est. 30,000 1700 est. 65,000 15 January 1769 80,000 1 July 1787 90,032 1 February 1801 100,975 1 February 1840 120,819 1 February 1850 129,695 1 February 1860 155,143 1 February 1870 181,291 1 February 1880 234,850 1 February 1890 312,859 1 February (before annexation) 1901 360,787 1 February (following annexation) 1901 400,575 1 February 1911 462,161 1 February 1921 561,344 5 November 1930 617,069 5 November 1940 700,465 7 November 1950 768,105 26 September 1960 721,381 9 November 1970 622,773

Year Population 1971 625,671 1972 610,985 1973 595,751 1974 576,030 1975 562,405 1976 545,350 1977 529,154 1978 515,594 1979 505,974 1980 498,850 1981 493,771 1982 490,597 1983 486,593 1984 482,937 1985 478,615 1986 473,000 1987 469,706 1988 468,704 1989 467,850 1990 466,723 1991 464,773 1992 464,566

Year Population 1993 466,129 1994 467,253 1995 471,300 1996 476,751 1997 483,658 1998 487,969 1999 491,082 2000 495,699 2001 499,148 2002 500,531 2003 501,285 2004 501,664 2005 502,362 2006 501,158 2007 503,699 2008 509,861 2009 518,574

Politics and government

Municipality of Copenhagen logo

The Copenhagen municipality is governed by Copenhagen's municipal council (Danish: Borgerrepræsentation). Council elections are held the third Tuesday of November every four years, the next time in 2013.

Following the 2009 municipal elections, the 55 seats are divided in the following way:

• The Socialdemocrats 17
• Socialist People's Party 13
• The Red-Green Alliance 6
• Liberal party (Venstre) 6
• Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) 5
• Conservative People's Party 4
• The Danish People's Party 4

The political leader/mayor of the Copenhagen municipality has since 1903 been a Social democrat.

References

External links

• Official website
• CPH International Service - Citizen service for expats and students in Copenhagen
• Eniro map with named municipalities (Danish)
• Krak searchable/printable map (Danish)