Metropolitan Copenhagen
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The term Metropolitan Copenhagen (Danish: Storkøbenhavn or Hovedstadsområdet) consist of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities and the former Copenhagen County, except for the municipalities Høje-Taastrup, Ledøje-Smørum, in all, 18 municipalities, and except parts of Ballerup, Greve (of former Roskilde County), Ishøj, former Søllerød and former Værløse, mentioned with (the part of) their population included from 2007. Ishøj and Greve are included for the first time since 1999. Population 2007: 1,145,804.[1]
According to Danmarks Statistik, since January 1, 2007 Metropolitan Copenhagen comprises the following municipalities (Danish, kommune) (population mentioned if only part of the municipality belongs to Metropolitan Copenhagen) :
- Copenhagen
- Frederiksberg
- Albertslund
- Ballerup - 38,699
- Brøndby
- Gentofte
- Gladsaxe
- Glostrup
- Greve - 40,626
- Herlev
- Hvidovre
- Ishøj - 18,947
- Lyngby-Taarbæk
- Rødovre
- Søllerød (present Rudersdal - 19,070
- Tårnby
- Vallensbæk
- Værløse (present Furesø) - 3,662
Many years ago, the city region of Copenhagen (Danish:København) was stated as the three municipalities Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Gentofte. Metropolitan Copenhagen and this city region are statistical abstracts only and have no political and/or administrative implications.
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[edit] Region based on Copenhagen with suburbs
- What is the source and year of these numbers??
- According to Danmarks Statistik Metropolitan Copenhagen has a population of 1,086,762 per. January 1, 2004, about 30,000 less than the table shows.
| Municipality | Population | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| ’’’København’’’ | 662,629 | 122.56 km² | 5,406.6/km² |
| Frederiksberg | 91,721 | 8.77 km² | 10,458.5/km² |
| Gentofte | 68,704 | 25.54 km² | 2,690.1/km² |
| København | 502,204 | 88.25 km² | 5,690.7/km² |
| ’’‘Suburbs’’’ | 454,350 | 333.05 km² | 1364.2/km² |
| Albertslund | 28,498 | 31 km² | 1,328.8/km² |
| Ballerup | 46,610 | 34.09 km² | 1367.3/km² |
| Brøndby | 34,708 | 20.65 km² | 1,680.8/km² |
| Dragør | 13,076 | 18.14 km² | 720.8/km² |
| Gladsaxe | 61,993 | 25.00 km² | 2,479.7/km² |
| Glostrup | 20,793 | 13.31 km² | 1,562.2/km² |
| Herlev | 27,272 | 12.04 km² | 2,265.1/km² |
| Hvidovre | 49,952 | 21.91 km² | 2,279.9/km² |
| Lyngby-Tårbæk | 51,507 | 38.88 km² | 1.324.8/km² |
| Rødovre | 36,391 | 12.12 km² | 3002.6/km² |
| Søllerød | 31,633 | 39.77 km² | 795.4/km² |
| Tårnby | 39,535 | 65.95 km² | 608.7/km² |
| Vallensbæk | 12,382 | 9.15 km² | 1,353.2/km² |
| ’’’Total’’’ | 1,116,979 | 455.61 km² | 2.451.6/km² |
