Køge Municipality
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Within Vinony's link graph, Køge Municipality is referenced by 197 other articles, and connects out to Region Zealand, Køge and Germany.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
Vinony files it under Køge Municipality, Municipalities of Denmark and Municipalities of Region Zealand.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Zealand
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Seat
- Køge
- Mayor
- Marie Stærke ( A )
- Total
- 255.47 km (98.64 sq mi)
- Density
- 250.37/km (648.46/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .koege .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Køge
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Køge
- Population
- 59868
- Area
- 255.47
- Elevation
- 31
- Shares border with
- Vellinge Municipality
- Headquarters
- Køge
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.koege.dk
- Image
- Køge - Kirkestræde.jpg
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- different from
- Køge
- Commons category
- Køge Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Køge Municipality
- inception
- 2007-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Køge Municipality
- replaces
- Skovbo Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Køge Municipality (Danish: Køge Kommune, Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰøː(j)ə]) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 63,962 (2026). 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 was Denmark's youngest mayor at that time.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Suburbs inside the urban area of Køge include Køge Nord (Ølby Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central urban area include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Køge Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.