Roskilde Municipality (Danish: Roskilde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.
Roskilde Municipality
Roskilde Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 55°39′N 12°06′E / 55.65°N 12.1°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Zealand |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Seat | Roskilde |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomas Breddam (S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 211.88 km2 (81.81 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 90,931 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 265 |
| Website | roskilde |
The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km2, and it has a total population of 90,931 (2024). Its current mayor is Tomas Breddam. He is a member of Socialdemokraterne.
Neighboring municipalities are Egedal to the northeast, Greve and Solrød to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup to the east, Køge to the south and Lejre to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord.
Roskilde University is located in the municipality.
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 is the former county hall of Roskilde County.
Urban areas
editThe ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roskilde | 52,580 |
| 2 | Jyllinge | 10,701 |
| 3 | Viby | 4,814 |
| 4 | Svogerslev | 4,313 |
| 5 | Gundsømagle | 2,733 |
| 6 | Vindinge | 3,087 |
| 7 | Gadstrup | 2,006 |
| 8 | Ågerup | 1,746 |
| 9 | Veddelev | 1,134 |
| 10 | Vor Frue | 702 |
Economy
editCompanies with headquarters in Roskilde municipality
- DLF
- Argo
- Top-Toy A/S (Danish Division of MGA Entertainment)
- CRH Concrete (Danish division of CRH plc)
- Bankernes EDB Central
- Stryhn's
- Roskilde Forsyning
- DanÆg
Politics
editMunicipal council
editRoskilde's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | F | O | V | Ø | |||||||
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 71.8% | Poul Lindor Nielsen (A) | |||
| 2009 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 67.7% | |||||
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 73.7% | Joy Mogensen (A) | ||||
| 2017 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 74.1% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Government
editAccident Investigation Board Denmark is headquartered in Roskilde in Roskilde Municipality.[2]
References
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
- ^ "Frontpage Archived 2009-07-29 at the Wayback Machine." Accident Investigation Board Denmark. Retrieved on 9 June 2009.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbours: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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