Hvidovre
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Hvidovre from Store Hus in Avedøre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hvidovre Kommune
- Region
- Region Hovedstaden
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 53,527
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
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- Hvidovre
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- Hvidovre kirke.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 280px
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- Hvidovre Church in the summer
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- Denmark Greater Copenhagen#Denmark
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- 1
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- Location within Greater Copenhagen##Location within Denmark
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- Capital Region
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- Municipalities
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hvidovre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Part of
- Urban area of Copenhagen
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Hvidovre Municipality
- Elevation
- +9
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Hvidovre Municipality
- Image
- Hvidovre Raadhus.JPG
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Article
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- Climate
- Notable people
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thumb|300px|Hvidovre from Store Hus in Avedøre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg.
==History== Hvidovre has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In 1929, a 3,500-year-old sword from the Bronze Age was excavated in Hvidovre.