Copenhagen metropolitan area

The Copenhagen metropolitan area around the city of Copenhagen, Denmark, has a population of 1,834,492 and an area of 2,861.41 km²

Composition

The area consists of:

Municipality Population Area
(km²)
Pop. density
(km²)
Copenhagen Municipality 503,699 88.25 5,707
Copenhagen County 618,518 525.95 1,170
Frederiksborg County 378,686 1,347  276
Roskilde County 241,523 891.44  265
Frederiksberg 92,234 8.77 10,516
Total 1,834,492 2,861.41 641.1

Due to the municipality reform of Denmark 1st January 2007 when the Danish counties were abolished, Copenhagen metropolitan area now consists of the Capital Region (except Bornholm), the municipalities of Greve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde and Solrød in the former Roskilde County and also Stevns Municipality.

See also