Køge Municipality
Køge Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) approx. 40 km. southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 56,637 (2008). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 is currently Denmark's youngest mayor. [1]
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Suburbs inside the Køge agglomeration include Køge Nord (Ølby Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central agglomeration include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.
As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), on January 1, 2007, the prior Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo Municipality to form the new Køge municipality.
Sister cities and towns
Espoo, Finland
Trittau, Germany
Saudarkrokur, Iceland
Dundaga, Latvia
Kongsberg, Norway
Sjöbo, Sweden- Kristianstad, Sweden
Klaipeda, Lithuania
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
