Vallø
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Danish language
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, kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
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) in the former Roskilde County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 84 km², and had a total population of 10,337 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Arne Nielsen, a member of the Venstre
Venstre (Denmark)
VenstreThe party name is officially not translated into any other language, but is in English often referred to as the Liberal Party. Similar rules apply for the name of the party's youth wing Venstres Ungdom. , full name Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti , is the largest political party in Denmark...
(Liberal Party) political party
Politics of Denmark
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Hårlev
Not to be confused with Harlev, a western suburb of Aarhus.Hårlev is a railway town with a population of 2,533 in Stevns Municipality on the southeastern part of the Danish island of Zealand about 12 kilometres south of Køge....
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Neighboring municipalities were Køge
Køge
Køge Municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km. southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² , and has a total population of 56,637...
to the northwest, Rønnede
Rønnede
Rønnede was a municipality in the former Storstrøm County in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 125 km², and had a total population of 7,289...
and Fakse to the southwest, and Stevns
Stevns
Stevns is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 247 km², and has a total population of 21,892 . Its mayor is Paul Arne Sørensen, a member of the Venstre political party...
to the southeast, to the northeast is Køge Bay (Køge Bugt).
On January 1, 2007 Vallø municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), merged with the existing municipality of Stevns to form a new Stevns Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 247 km² and a total population of 21,776 (2005). The new municipality belongs to 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...
("Zealand Region").