Frederikssund Municipality
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Frederikssund Kommune (Template:IPA) is a municipality (Template:Langx) 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 47,052 (1. January 2025). 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).
The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009).<ref>"BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas" database from Statistics Denmark</ref> 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.
Locations
The ten largest locations in the municipality are:
| Nr (#) | City | Population (2011) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederikssund | 15,468 |
| 2 | Slangerup | 6,822 |
| 3 | Jægerspris | 4,065 |
| 4 | Skibby | 3,185 |
| 5 | Græse Bakkeby | 2,368 |
| 6 | Kulhuse | 912 |
| 7 | Skuldelev | 905 |
| 8 | Gerlev | 783 |
| 9 | Store Rørbæk | 570 |
| 10 | Over Dråby Strand | 442 |
Politics
Municipal council
Frederikssund's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Danish Social Liberal Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | Template:Tooltip | [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Danish People's Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Venstre (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Template:Font color]] | ||||||
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 72.2% | Ole Find Jensen (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 67.1% | ||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 73.4% | John S. Andersen (V) | ||||
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 72.6% | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
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 in Vinge north of Store Rørbæk. Vinge Station on the C line of the S-train was opened 14 December 2020.<ref>New Town in the Øresund Region - housing potential in the new town next to Frederikssund Template:Webarchive - Paper presented at the ENHR conference, Ljubljana July 2006 Retrieved 9 January 2007.</ref>
Twin towns – sister cities
Template:See also Frederikssund is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col
- Template:Flagicon Aurskog-Høland, Norway
- Template:Flagicon Catoira, Spain
- Template:Flagicon Kowary, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Kumla, Sweden
- Template:Flagicon Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Sipoo, Finland
- Template:Flagicon Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Gallery
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Frederikssund's main pedestrian street
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Kulhuse
See also
References
External links
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
- Road map from Google maps
- The new Frederikssund municipality's official website (Danish only)
- Frederikssund / Hornsherred Tourist Bureau
- Frederikssund Gymnasium Template:Webarchive
- Center Bowl
- Frederikssund Golf Club Template:Webarchive
- Photos
- The local public library (in Danish)
- Frederikssund marina (in Danish)
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