Skævinge is a town with a population of 2,546 (1 January 2011) and a former municipality (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

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) in Hillerød

Hillerød

Hillerød Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 km² , and has a total population of 46,568...

 municipality in Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

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 in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark

Denmark

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. The former Skævinge municipality covered an area of 68 km², and had a total population of 6,046 (2005).

On January 1, 2007 Skævinge municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into existing Hillerød municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 191 km² and a total population of ca. 43,337.