Frederikssund Municipality
Frederikssund Municipality
Frederikssund Kommune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Region Hovedstaden |
| 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 | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 250 |
| Website | www.frederikssund.dk |
Frederikssund Kommune (Danish pronunciation: [fʁeðʁekˈsɔnˀ kʰoˈmuːnə]) 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.
Locations[edit]
The ten largest locations in the municipality are:
| Nr (#) | City | Population (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 |
Politics[edit]
Municipal council[edit]
Frederikssund's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | E | F | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 72.2% | Ole Find Jensen (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 67.1% | ||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 73.4% | John S. Andersen (V) | ||||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 72.6% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
Image gallery[edit]
Frederikssund's main pedestrian street
Kulhuse
Recent developments[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas" database from Statistics Denmark
- ^ New Town in the Øresund Region - housing potential in the new town next to Frederikssund Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Paper presented at the ENHR conference, Ljubljana July 2006 Retrieved 9 January 2007.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederikssund Kommune. |
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Road map from Google maps
- The new Frederikssund municipality's official website (Danish only)
- Frederikssund / Hornsherred Tourist Bureau
- Frederikssund Gymnasium
- Center Bowl
- Frederikssund Golf Club
- Photos
- The local public library (in Danish)
- Frederikssund marina (in Danish)
Coordinates: 55°50′13″N 12°03′55″E / 55.83694°N 12.06528°E