Holbæk Municipality

Municipality in Zealand, Denmark

Holbæk Municipality

Holbæk Kommune

Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 55°42′N 11°42′E﻿ / ﻿55.7°N 11.7°E﻿ / 55.7; 11.7Coordinates: 55°42′N 11°42′E﻿ / ﻿55.7°N 11.7°E﻿ / 55.7; 11.7
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 2012)

• Total| 69,433
• Density| 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code| 316
Website| holbaek.dk

Holbæk municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 69,010 (2008). Its mayor is Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Denmark) 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.

## Contents

* 1 Politics
* 1.1 Municipal council
* 2 Urban areas
* 2.1 The town of Holbæk
* 3 Image gallery
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Politics[edit]

Holbæk's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[1]

### Municipal council[edit]

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

## Urban areas[edit]

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 town of Holbæk[edit]

Main article: Holbæk

The number of inhabitants on 1 January:

* 1980 - 29,578
* 1985 - 30,154
* 1990 - 31,151
* 1995 - 32,485
* 1999 - 33,555
* 2000 - 33,864
* 2003 - 34,500

## Image gallery[edit]

* Holbæk from the air

* Brorfelde

* Eriksholm Castle

* Knabstrup Manor

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Udvalg" Retrieved 15 September 2019

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holbæk Kommune.

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

Places adjacent to Holbæk Municipality

|  | Odsherred | Ise Fjord / Frederikssund (Hovedstaden)

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Kalundborg |

Holbæk

| Lejre
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| Sorø, Ringsted |

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Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden|

* Albertslund
* Allerød
* Ballerup
* Bornholm
* Brøndby
* Copenhagen
* Dragør
* Egedal
* Fredensborg
* Frederiksberg
* Frederikssund
* Furesø
* Gentofte
* Gladsaxe
* Glostrup
* Gribskov
* Halsnæs
* Helsingør
* Herlev
* Hillerød
* Hvidovre
* Høje-Taastrup
* Hørsholm
* Ishøj
* Lyngby-Taarbæk
* Rudersdal
* Rødovre
* Tårnby
* Vallensbæk

Midtjylland|

* Aarhus
* Favrskov
* Hedensted
* Herning
* Holstebro
* Horsens
* Ikast-Brande
* Lemvig
* Norddjurs
* Odder
* Randers
* Ringkøbing-Skjern
* Samsø
* Silkeborg
* Skanderborg
* Skive
* Struer
* Syddjurs
* Viborg

Nordjylland|

* Aalborg
* Brønderslev
* Frederikshavn
* Hjørring
* Jammerbugt
* Læsø
* Mariagerfjord
* Morsø
* Rebild
* Thisted
* Vesthimmerland

Sjælland|

* Faxe
* Greve
* Guldborgsund
* Holbæk
* Kalundborg
* Køge
* Lejre
* Lolland
* Næstved
* Odsherred
* Ringsted
* Roskilde
* Slagelse
* Solrød
* Sorø
* Stevns
* Vordingborg

Syddanmark|

* Aabenraa
* Assens
* Billund
* Esbjerg
* Faaborg-Midtfyn
* Fanø
* Fredericia
* Haderslev
* Kerteminde
* Kolding
* Langeland
* Middelfart
* Nordfyn
* Nyborg
* Odense
* Svendborg
* Sønderborg
* Tønder
* Varde
* Vejen
* Vejle
* Ærø

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Towns of Holbæk Municipality

* Gislinge
* Holbæk (seat)
* Jyderup
* Knabstrup
* Kundby
* Mørkøv
* Regstrup
* Store Merløse
* Svinninge
* Tuse
* Tølløse
* Undløse
* Vipperød

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