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Frederikssund Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Hovedstaden
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Seat
- Frederikssund
- Mayor
- John Schmidt Andersen (1 January 2014-) ( V )
- Total
- 250.61 km (96.76 sq mi)
- Density
- 189.3/km (490.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .frederikssund .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Frederikssund
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Frederikssund
- Population
- 45439
- Area
- 248.50
- Elevation
- 6
- Shares border with
- Hillerød Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.frederikssund.dk
- Image
- FrederikssundRådhus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frederikssund Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Frederikssund Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Sipoo
- inception
- 2007-01-01
- replaces
- Jægerspris Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Frederikssund Municipality
- male population
- 22446
- female population
- 22993
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederikssund Kommune ( Danish pronunciation: [fʁeðʁek(s)ˈsɔnˀ kʰoˈmuːnə, fʁæðʁæk(s)ˈsɔnˀ -]) 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 km and has a population of 47,450 (1 January 2026). 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). 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frederikssund Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.