Køge

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Map of the future municipality

Køge's official crest, symbolising the traditional merchant town's place below Church, King and God.

Køge in Winter

Køge is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Roskilde County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 124 km², and has a total population of 40,053 (2005). Until January 2007, its mayor Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Other agglomeration in the municipality include Køge Nord (Ølby and Ølsemagle), Lille Skensved, Lellinge, Algestrup, Herfølge and Hastrup.

Neighboring municipalities are Vallø to the southeast, Solrød to the north, Skovbo to the west, and Haslev and Rønnede to the south. To the east is Køge Bay (Køge Bugt) , the strait that separates the island of Zealand from Sweden.

As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), on January 1, 2007 Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo municipality to form the new Køge municipality with an area of 255 km² and a total population of 54,926 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").

1 The town of Køge
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] The town of Køge

Køge, located close to Copenhagen, has a well-preserved old town, and is at the end of a line of the Copenhagen S-train system. The oldest house in Denmark can be found there.

During the local witchhunt, called Køge Huskors (1612), at least 15 persons were convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake.

[edit] See also

Køge station

[edit] External links

[edit] References

Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

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Municipalities in Roskilde County (1970–2006)

Bramsnæs · Greve · Gundsø · Hvalsø · Køge · Lejre · Ramsø · Roskilde · Skovbo · Solrød · Vallø

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25 biggest cities of Denmark (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Denmark [1])

Copenhagen (1,086,800) · Århus (228,500) · Odense (145,600) · Aalborg (121,500) · Esbjerg (72,600) · Randers (55,700) · Kolding (54,900) · Vejle (49,900) · Horsens (49,700) · Roskilde (44,200) · Næstved (40,500) · Silkeborg (38,500) · Fredericia (37,100) · Elsinore (35,000) · Køge (33,600) · Viborg (33,200) · Holstebro (31,800) · Slagelse (31,800) · Herning (29,900) · Hillerød (28,100) · Svendborg (27,600) · Sønderborg (27,000) · Hjørring (24,800) · Holbæk (24,300) · Frederikshavn (24,200)