Køge Municipality: Difference between revisions

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| name = Køge Municipality

| native_name = {{native name|da|Køge Kommune}}

| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]

| image_skyline = Køge - Kirkestræde.jpg

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| image_caption = A street in [[Køge]]

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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = Denmark

| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Region Zealand|Zealand]]

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{#property:P571}}

| seat_type = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]

| seat = [[Køge]]

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| leader_party = [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|A]]

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Marie Stærke

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| area_total_km2 = 255.47

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| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>

| population_total = 62848

| population_as_of = 1 January 2024

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'''Køge Municipality''' ({{lang-da|Køge Kommune}}, {{IPA-da|ˈkʰøː(j)ə}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region Sjælland]] on the east coast of the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] approx. 40&nbsp;km southwest of [[Copenhagen]]. The municipality covers an area of 255&nbsp;km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 62,848 (2024). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (''Socialdemokraterne'') [[Politics of Denmark|political party]], who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 was Denmark's youngest mayor at that time. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929183450/http://www.koege.dk/297897/]

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|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, Køge Municipality|Borup]], [[Ejby, Køge Municipality|Ejby]], [[Bjæverskov]], [[Lille Skensved]], [[Lellinge]] and [[Algestrup]].

As a result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]], on1 January 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:

{| class="wikitable"

! # !! Locality !! Population

|-

| 1 || [[Køge]] || 35,295

|-

| 2 || [[Borup, Køge Municipality|Borup]] || 4.190

|-

| 3 || [[Bjæverskov]] || 2,856

|-

| 4 || [[Ejby, Køge Municipality|Ejby]] || 2,831

|-

| 5 || Vemmedrup || 1,688

|-

| 6 || [[Lille Skensved]] || 1,450

|-

| 7 || [[Algestrup]] || 871

|-

| 8 || Lellinge || 687

|-

| 9 || [[Nørre Dalby]] || 543

|-

| 10 || Slimminge || 475

|}

==Politics==

Køge's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.

===Municipal council===

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="11"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats

! rowspan="2"| Turnout

! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor

|-

|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''

|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''

|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''

|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Demokratilisten|{{font color|white|D}}}}'''

|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''

|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Den Upolitiske Borgerliste|{{font color|white|I}}}}'''

|style="background:#1CB1B7;"|'''[[Liberal Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|I}}]]'''

|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''

|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Ny Centrum|{{font color|white|U}}}}'''

|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''

|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''

|-

|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]

|11

|1

|2

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|1

|1

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|3

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|8

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="4"|27

|70.2%

|rowspan="2"|Marie Stærke (A)

|-

|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]

|9

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|4

|2

|4

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|2

|6

|75.9%

|-

|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]

|7

|2

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|

|2

|3

|1

|10

|2

|71.8%

|Flemming Christensen (C)

|-

|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]

|10

|4

|3

|1

|2

|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|

|6

|1

|72.6%

|Marie Stærke (A)

|-

|colspan="18"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017]

|}

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*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Espoo]], Finland

*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania

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*{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Saudarkrokur]], Iceland

*{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sjöbo]], Sweden

*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Trittau]], Germany

|}

* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]

* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category}}

* [http://www.koege.dk Municipality's official website]

* [http://www.visitkoege.com/ln-int/koege/visitkoege-tourist/ Køge tourist bureau]

{{Køge Municipality}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Køge

| N = [[Roskilde Municipality|Roskilde]], [[Solrød Municipality|Solrød]]

| E = ''[[Køge Bay]]''

| SE = [[Stevns Municipality|Stevns]]

| S = [[Faxe Municipality|Faxe]]

| W = [[Ringsted Municipality|Ringsted]]

| NW = [[Lejre Municipality|Lejre]]

}}

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