Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde municipality (Danish: "Roskilde kommune") is a municipality in Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand ("Sjælland") in east Denmark.

The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km², and it has a total population of 80,687 (2008). Its mayor is Poul Lindor Nielsen, a member of Socialdemokraterne.

Neighboring municipalities are Greve to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup to the east and Lejre to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord.

By January 1, 2007 the former Roskilde municipality was merged with Gundsø and Ramsø municipalities into the current one, as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). The name of the new municipality is still "Roskilde Kommune". The town hall is situated in the city of Roskilde, at Køgevej 80.

It formerly belonged to Roskilde County.

External links

* [http://www.roskildekom.dk Municipality's official website]

References


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


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