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Not to be confused with Copenhagen metropolitan area.
The term Metropolitan Copenhagen (Danish: Storkøbenhavn or Hovedstadsområdet) consist of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities and the former Copenhagen County, except for the municipalities Høje-Taastrup, Ledøje-Smørum, in all, 18 municipalities, and except parts of Ballerup, Greve (of former Roskilde County), Ishøj, former Søllerød and former Værløse, mentioned with (the part of) their population included from 2007. Ishøj and Greve are included for the first time since 1999. Population 1st January 2011: 1,199,224.[1]
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List of municipalities
According to Danmarks Statistik, since January 1, 2007 Metropolitan Copenhagen comprises the following municipalities (Danish, kommune) (population mentioned if only part of the municipality belongs to Metropolitan Copenhagen) :
- Copenhagen
- Frederiksberg
- Albertslund
- Ballerup - 38,699
- Brøndby
- Gentofte
- Gladsaxe
- Glostrup
- Greve Strand (Greve Municipality) - 40,626
- Herlev
- Hvidovre
- Ishøj (Ishøj Municipality) - 18,947
- Lyngby-Taarbæk
- Rødovre
- Søllerød (present Rudersdal) - 19,070
- Tårnby
- Vallensbæk
- Værløse (present Furesø) - 3,662
Many years ago, the city region of Copenhagen (Danish:København) was stated as the three municipalities Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Gentofte. Metropolitan Copenhagen and this city region are statistical abstracts only and have no political and/or administrative implications.
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Footnotes
Region based on Copenhagen with suburbs
- This is the population of Copenhagen Municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality and the municipalities of the former Copenhagen County except Høje-Taastrup and the former Værløse Municipality, which is not exactly the same as Metropolitan Copenhagen.
- What is the source and year of these numbers??
- According to Danmarks Statistik Metropolitan Copenhagen has a population of 1,199,224 per. January 1, 2011, about 64,000 more than the table shows (see footnotes).
Municipality Population Area Density Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Gentofte Municipalities) 662,629 122.56 km² 5,406.6/km² Frederiksberg 91,721 8.77 km² 10,458.5/km² Gentofte 68,704 25.54 km² 2,690.1/km² Copenhagen Municipality 502,204 88.25 km² 5,690.7/km² Suburbs 454,350 333.05 km² 1364.2/km² Albertslund 28,498 31 km² 1,328.8/km² Ballerup 46,610 34.09 km² 1367.3/km² Brøndby 34,708 20.65 km² 1,680.8/km² Dragør 13,076 18.14 km² 720.8/km² Gladsaxe 61,993 25.00 km² 2,479.7/km² Glostrup 20,793 13.31 km² 1,562.2/km² Herlev 27,272 12.04 km² 2,265.1/km² Hvidovre 49,952 21.91 km² 2,279.9/km² Lyngby-Tårbæk 51,507 38.88 km² 1.324.8/km² Rødovre 36,391 12.12 km² 3002.6/km² Søllerød 31,633 39.77 km² 795.4/km² Tårnby 39,535 65.95 km² 608.7/km² Vallensbæk 12,382 9.15 km² 1,353.2/km² Total 1,116,979 455.61 km² 2.451.6/km² See also
Categories:- Metropolitan Copenhagen
- Geography of Denmark
- Geography of Copenhagen
- Metropolitan areas of Denmark
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