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Revision as of 23:58, 19 August 2011
Copenhagen Municipality (Template:Lang-da) is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city.
The municipality covers 91.3 km² (88.25km² of which is land), and has a population of 539,542 (2011). The Lord Mayor of Copenhagen as of 2010 is Frank Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who is head of the Finance Committee. Other mayors are Bo Asmus Kjeldgaard (Technics and Environment Committee), Pia Allerslev (Cultural and Recreational Committee), Anne Vang (Children and Youth Committee), Ninna Thomsen (Health and Care Committee), Mikkel Warming (Social Committee) and Klaus Bondam (Employment and Integration Committee).
The municipal seat of government is the Copenhagen City Hall (Rådhus).
Overview
Copenhagen municipality was one of the three last Danish municipalities not belonging to a county — the others being Frederiksberg (the municipality with the smallest area and an enclave within Copenhagen municipality itself) and Bornholm. On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden (i.e. the Copenhagen Capital Region).
Neighboring municipalities are Gentofte, Gladsaxe and Herlev to the north, Rødovre and Hvidovre to the west, and Tårnby to the south. Frederiksberg is located as an enclave within the municipality, and is thus surrounded by Copenhagen.
Copenhagen municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Districts
A: Indre By ("Copenhagen Center")
B: Christianshavn
C: Indre Østerbro ("Inner Østerbro")
D: Ydre Østerbro ("Outer Østerbro")
E: Indre Nørrebro ("Inner Nørrebro")
F: Ydre Nørrebro ("Outer Nørrebro")
G: Bispebjerg
H: Vanløse
I: Brønshøj-Husum
J: Vesterbro
K: Kongens Enghave
L: Valby
M: Vestamager
N: Sundbyvester
O: Sundbyøster
The municipality is divided into 15 administrative, statistical and tax districts (bydele):
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Demography
Historic population. The two figures for 1 February 1901 are before and after the municipality annexed some nearby parishes. The apparent decline since the mid-1900s are due to the figures not including the urban areas outside Copenhagen municipality.
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Politics and government
The Copenhagen municipality is governed by Copenhagen's municipal council (Template:Lang-da). Council elections are held the third Tuesday of November every four years, the next time in 2013.
Following the 2009 municipal elections, the 55 seats are divided in the following way:
- The Socialdemocrats 17
- Socialist People's Party 13
- The Red-Green Alliance 6
- Liberal party (Venstre) 6
- Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) 5
- Conservative People's Party 4
- The Danish People's Party 4
The political leader/mayor of the Copenhagen municipality has since 1903 been a Social democrat.
