Ishøj Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Hovedstaden
- Established
- 1 April 1970
- Seat
- Ishøj
- Mayor
- Ole Bjørstorp ( S )
- Total
- 25.94 km (10.02 sq mi)
- Density
- 951.6/km (2,465/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- ishoj .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Ishøj
- Official name
- Torslunde-Ishøj Kommune
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Ishøj
- Population
- 22954
- Area
- 26.50
- Elevation
- 10
- Shares border with
- Greve Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- ishoj.dk
- Image
- Vejleaa kirke ishoej denmark exterioer.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ishøj Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Ishøj Municipality
- different from
- Ishøj
- male population
- 11424
- female population
- 11530
- inception
- 1970-04-01
- citizens' initiative URL
- ishoj.dk/borger/demokrati/borgerforslag
- number of viewers/listeners
- 6150081
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Encyclopedic overview
Ishøj train station Ishøj Municipality (Danish: Ishøj Kommune) is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the Capital Region on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers 26 km, with a total population of 24,685 (1 January 2026). Its mayor is Merete Amdisen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
As of 2023, it has the highest share of people with a foreign-background in Denmark, with 44.2% having a foreign-background. 55.8% has a Danish-background, 16.3% Turkish, 5.6% Pakistani and 22.3% have another background (Polish, Nepali, Iraqi, Romanian, Indian, Moroccan and Bulgarian, among others).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ishøj Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.