Roskilde municipality is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

Region Zealand is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the number of...

, 30 km west of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark

Denmark

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The biggest city is Roskilde

Roskilde

Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....

, 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 Egedal

Egedal municipality

Egedal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It covers an area of with a total population of 40,533...

 to the northeast, Greve

Greve municipality

Greve Municipality is a municipality about 21 km south-west of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 60 km², and has a total population of 47,773...

 and Solrød

Solrød municipality

Solrød is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 40 km², and has a total population of 20,759 . Its mayor is Niels Hörup, a member of the Venstre political party...

 to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup

Høje-Taastrup

Høje-Taastrup Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 78 km² , and has a total population of 47,158...

 to the east, Køge to the south and Lejre

Lejre

Lejre is a town with a population of 2,343 and a municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðra. The municipality has an area of 240 km² and a total population of ca. 26,603 . Its mayor is Mette Touborg, representing the...

 to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord

Roskilde Fjord

Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde, Denmark, and is located at . It is a long branch of the Isefjord.-Cities:The cities Frederiksværk, Frederikssund, Jægerspris, Jyllinge and Roskilde, , all have coastline at Roskilde Fjord...

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By January 1, 2007 the former Roskilde municipality was merged with Gundsø

Gundsø

Gundsø was a municipality in Roskilde county on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. 1 January 2007 the municipality of Gundsø merged with the municipality of Roskilde and the municipality of Ramsø as a result of the structural reform. The area of Gundsø municipality was 64 km², with a...

 and Ramsø

Ramsø

Until January 1, 2007 Ramsø was a municipality in the former Roskilde County on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 76 km², and had a total population of 9,320 . Its last mayor was Poul Lindor Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats political party...

 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

Roskilde

Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....

, at Køgevej 80.

It formerly belonged to Roskilde County.

Economy

MGA Entertainment

MGA Entertainment

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's Denmark division has its headquarters in Roskilde

Roskilde

Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....

 in Roskilde Municipality.

Government

Accident Investigation Board Denmark

Accident Investigation Board Denmark

Accident Investigation Board Denmark is the aviation accidents and incidents and railway accident and incident investigation board of the Denmark government. The agency is headquartered in Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality.-External links:*...

 is headquartered in Roskilde

Roskilde

Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....

in Roskilde Municipality.

External links

• Municipality's official website