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Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde Municipality (Danish: Roskilde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.

The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km, and it has a total population of 90,931 (2024). Its current mayor is Tomas Breddam. He is a member of Socialdemokraterne.

Neighboring municipalities are Egedal to the northeast, Greve and Solrød to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup to the east, Køge to the south and Lejre to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord.

Roskilde University is located in the municipality.

By January 1, 2007 the former Roskilde municipality was merged with Gundsø and Ramsø municipalities into the current one, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). The name of the new municipality is still "Roskilde Kommune". The town hall is situated in the city of Roskilde, at Køgevej 80. It is the former county hall of Roskilde County.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

# Locality Population
1 Roskilde 52,580
2 Jyllinge 10,701
3 Viby 4,814
4 Svogerslev 4,313
5 Gundsømagle 2,733
6 Vindinge 3,087
7 Gadstrup 2,006
8 Ågerup 1,746
9 Veddelev 1,134
10 Vor Frue 702

Economy

Companies with headquarters in Roskilde municipality

Politics

Municipal council

Roskilde's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats
Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C F O V Ø
2005 11 1 2 4 2 10 1 31 71.8% Poul Lindor Nielsen (A)
2009 10 1 3 7 2 7 1 67.7%
2013 13 1 1 1 3 9 3 73.7% Joy Mogensen (A)
2017 16 1 2 1 3 6 2 74.1%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Government

Accident Investigation Board Denmark is headquartered in Roskilde in Roskilde Municipality.

References