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Holbæk municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 69,010 (2008). Its mayor is Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Denmark) and the youngest mayor ever in Denmark. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Holbæk. On 1 January 2007 Holbæk municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Jernløse, Svinninge, Tornved, and Tølløse municipalities to form a new Holbæk municipality.

Holbæk Municipality Holbæk Kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°42′N 11°42′E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand
Established	2007
Seat	Holbæk
Government
• Mayor	Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen (S)
Area
• Total	578.7 km2 (223.4 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2012)
• Total	69,433
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	316
Website	holbaek.dk

Politics

Holbæk's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[1]

Municipal council

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

Election	Party									Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	I	L	O	V	Ø
2005	9	5	1	2			2	12		31	69.2%	Jørn Sørensen (B)
2009	11	1	2	4			3	10			66.7%	Søren Kjærsgård (V)
2013	10	2	1				4	12	2		71.4%
2017	9	3	1	1	2	3	4	6	2		73.7%	Christina K. Hansen (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Holbæk	27,055
2	Jyderup	3,937
3	Tølløse	3,797
4	Svinninge	2,741
5	Vipperød	2,252
6	Regstrup	2.052
7	Mørkøv	1,806
8	Gislinge	1,442
9	Store Merløse	1,197
10	Undløse	1,149

The town of Holbæk

The number of inhabitants on 1 January:

• 1980 - 29,578
• 1985 - 30,154
• 1990 - 31,151
• 1995 - 32,485
• 1999 - 33,555
• 2000 - 33,864
• 2003 - 34,500

Image gallery

• 
  Holbæk from the air
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  Brorfelde
• 
  Eriksholm Castle
• 
  Knabstrup Manor

References

External links

• Official website (in Danish)
• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

На других языках

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[de] Holbæk Kommune

Holbæk Kommune ist eine dänische Kommune auf der Hauptinsel Seeland. Sie entstand am 1. Januar 2007 im Zuge der Kommunalreform durch Vereinigung der „alten“ Holbæk Kommune mit den bisherigen Kommunen Jernløse, Svinninge, Tornved und Tølløse im Vestsjællands Amt.

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- [en] Holbæk Municipality

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[ru] Хольбек (коммуна)

Хольбек (дат. Holbæk Kommune) — датская коммуна в составе области Зеландия. Площадь — 578,74 км², что составляет 1,34 % от площади Дании без Гренландии и Фарерских островов. Численность населения на 1 января 2008 года — 69 010 человек (мужчины — 34 097, женщины — 34 913; иностранные граждане — 2946).

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