Municipal code 250 Area 250.6 km² Local time Friday 12:29 AM | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.frederikssund.dk Population 44,341 (1 Apr 2014) | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 78% Humidity Points of interest Jægerspris Castle, JF Willumsens Museum, Selsø, Frederikssund Vikingeboplads, LegeJunglen | ||
Frederikssund Kommune ([fʁeðʁeɡˈsɔˀn]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 250 km² and has a population of 44,401 (1 January 2014). As of 1 January 2014 its mayor is John Schmidt Andersen, a member of the agrarian liberal Venstre political party. Frederikssund municipality belongs to Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region).
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Map of Frederikssund Municipality, Denmark
The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009). The town is connected to the Hornsherred peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. The former municipalities of Jægerspris and Skibby are located on this peninsula.
Urban areas
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
Recent developments
The new harbour square provides the finishing touches to the harbour developments which began in the 1990s. There are also ambitious plans to build a new residential development to the south of Frederikssund near Store Rørbæk.