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Køge Municipality

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Country
  
Denmark

Seat
  
Municipal code
  
259

Area
  
255.5 km²

Region
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.koege.dk

Local time
  
Sunday 9:44 PM

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Weather
  
2°C, Wind SE at 14 km/h, 99% Humidity

Clubs and Teams
  
HB Køge, Herfølge Boldklub

Points of interest
  
KØS Museum of art in publ, Køge Museum, Køge Byhistoriske Arkiv, Køge Mini‑By, Borrering

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Køge Municipality ([ˈkøːə] or [ˈkøːjə]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 56,637 (2008). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 is currently Denmark's youngest mayor. [1]

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Map of K%C3%B8ge Municipality, Denmark

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Suburbs inside the urban area of Køge include Køge Nord (Ølby Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central urban area include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.

As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), on January 1, 2007, the prior Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo Municipality to form the new Køge municipality.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

Sister cities and towns

  • Espoo, Finland
  • Trittau, Germany
  • Saudarkrokur, Iceland
  • Dundaga, Latvia
  • Kongsberg, Norway
  • Sjöbo, Sweden
  • Kristianstad, Sweden
  • Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • References

    Køge Municipality Wikipedia


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