Frederikssund Municipality

Frederikssund Municipality
Frederikssund Kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Denmark
Region Region Zealand
Seat Frederikssund
Government
 • Mayor John Schmidt Andersen (1 January 2014-) (V)
Area
 • Total 250.61 km2 (96.76 sq mi)
Population (1 April 2014)
 • Total 44,341
 • Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code 250
Website www.frederikssund.dk

Frederikssund Kommune (Danish pronunciation: [fʁeðʁeɡˈsɔˀn]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 250 km² and has a population of 44,401 (1 January 2014). As of 1 January 2014 its mayor is John Schmidt Andersen, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party. Frederikssund municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region).

The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009).[1] The town is connected to the Hornsherred peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. The former municipalities of Jægerspris and Skibby are located on this peninsula.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

# Locality Population

Byer

Kommunens største byer
Nr By Indbyggere (2011)
1 Frederikssund 15.468
2 Slangerup 6.822
3 Jægerspris 4.065
4 Skibby 3.185
5 Græse Bakkeby 2.368
6 Kulhuse 912
7 Skuldelev 905
8 Gerlev 783
9 Store Rørbæk 570
10 Over Dråby Strand 442

Recent developments

The new harbour square provides the finishing touches to the harbour developments which began in the 1990s. There are also ambitious plans to build a new residential development to the south of Frederikssund near Store Rørbæk.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas" database from Statistics Denmark
  2. ↑ New Town in the Øresund Region - housing potential in the new town next to Frederikssund - Paper presented at the ENHR conference, Ljubljana July 2006 Retrieved 9 January 2007.
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