Faxe Municipality

Faxe Municipality

Faxe municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune" in Denmark in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand. The municipality covers an area of 406 km² and has a population of 35,418 (2008).

As of January 1, 2007 Faxe municipality, as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), came into existence as a municipality by merging the three former municipalities of Haslev, Fakse, and Rønnede.

Geography

On June 5, 2007, it was reported by national broadcaster Danmarks Radio that an unknown hill near Rønnede (town), named Kobanke, has the highest natural point of terrain, 122.9 m (403.2 feet) on Sjælland. Gyldenløveshøj has an altitude of 126 m (413.4 feet), but that is due to a manmade hill from the 1600s. Its natural height is 121.3 m (397.96 feet).

External links

* [http://www.faxekommune.dk/ The Faxe municipality's official website (Danish only)]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]


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