Holbæk Municipality
Holbæk Kommune (Danish) | |
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Coordinates: 55°42′N 11°42′E / 55.7°N 11.7°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Zealand |
Established | 2007 |
Seat | Holbæk |
Government | |
• Mayor | Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen (S) |
Area | |
• Total | 578.7 km2 (223.4 sq mi) |
Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 74,129 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Municipal code | 316 |
Website | holbaek |
Holbæk Municipality (Danish: Holbæk Kommune) is a kommune in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 74,129 (2024). Its mayor is Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats and the youngest mayor ever in Denmark. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Holbæk. On 1 January 2007 Holbæk municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Jernløse, Svinninge, Tornved, and Tølløse municipalities to form a new Holbæk municipality.
Holbæk's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[2]
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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A | B | C | F | I | L | O | V | Ø | |||||
2005 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 69.2% | Jørn Sørensen (B) | ||||
2009 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 66.7% | Søren Kjærsgård (V) | |||||
2013 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 71.4% | ||||||
2017 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 73.7% | Christina K. Hansen (A) | ||
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 |
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
# | Locality | Population |
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1 | Holbæk | 27,055 |
2 | Jyderup | 3,937 |
3 | Tølløse | 3,797 |
4 | Svinninge | 2,741 |
5 | Vipperød | 2,252 |
6 | Regstrup | 2.052 |
7 | Mørkøv | 1,806 |
8 | Gislinge | 1,442 |
9 | Store Merløse | 1,197 |
10 | Undløse | 1,149 |
The number of inhabitants on 1 January: