- Slagelse Municipality
Slagelse municipality is a municipality (Danish, "
Municipalities of Denmark ") inRegion Sjælland on the west coast of the island ofZealand ("Sjælland") inDenmark . The municipality covers an area of 571 km², and has a total population of 77,457 (2008). Its mayor is Lis Tribler, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party.The main city and the site of its municipal council is the city of
Slagelse .On
January 1 ,2007 Slagelse municipality was, as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Hashøj, Korsør, and Skælskør municipalities to form an enlarged Slagelse municipality.External links
* [http://www.slagelse.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 neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]
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