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Sorø Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 317 km² (122 sq mi), and has a total population of 29,331 (2015).[1] The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Sorø. Other towns in the municipality are Dianalund, Stenlille, and Ruds Vedby.

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Sorø Municipality Sorø Kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°26′00″N 11°34′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Sorø
Government
• Mayor	Gert Jørgensen (C)
Area
• Total	311.05 km2 (120.10 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 1, 2012)
• Total	29,400
• Density	95/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Island	Zealand
Municipal code	340
Website	soroe.dk

On 1 January 2007 Sorø municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Dianalund and Stenlille municipalities to form the new Sorø municipality.

Locations

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:[1]

#	Locality	Population (2015)
1	Sorø	7,754
2	Dianalund	4,003
3	Frederiksberg	3,461
4	Stenlille	2,073
5	Ruds Vedby	1,716
6	Fjenneslev	795
7	Nyrup	422
8	Munke Bjergby	315
9	Vedde	302
10	Tersløse	250

The city of Sorø

The city of Sorø has a population of 7,754 (2015)[1] and is the site of both the municipal council and the county council. It was scheduled to be regional seat for Region Sjælland, one of the five new regions to be implantated in Denmark 1 January 2007.

While by no means the biggest city in Denmark, it has great historical value. It was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy (Danish Sorø Akademi) and Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Absalon is buried, along with other notable Danes, including royalty. Queen Margaret I of Denmark was buried at this church until moved to Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde.

Politics

Municipal council

Sorø's municipal council consists of 25 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	J	O	U	V	Ø	Å
2005	12		5	1	1	1	1	4			25	72.4%	Ivan Hansen (A)
2009	11		5	3		2		4				68.2%
2013	8	1	6	1		3		5	1			74.7%	Gert Jørgensen (C)
2017	8	1	7	1		3		3	1	1		72.3%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Image gallery

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  Sorø Academy
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  Central Sorø
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  The shore of the lake
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  Vedbygård

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD a.k.a. Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

• Official website
• East Denmark tourism information

На других языках

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[de] Sorø Kommune

Sorø Kommune ist eine dänische Kommune auf der Insel Seeland. Sie entstand am 1. Januar 2007 im Zuge der Kommunalreform durch Vereinigung der „alten“ Sorø Kommune mit den bisherigen Kommunen Dianalund und Stenlille, alle im Vestsjællands Amt. Verwaltungssitz ist Slagelse.

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- [en] Sorø Municipality

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[ru] Сорё (коммуна)

Сорё (дат. Sorø Kommune) — датская коммуна в составе области Зеландия. Площадь — 309,93 км², что составляет 0,72 % от площади Дании без Гренландии и Фарерских островов. Численность населения на 1 января 2008 года — 29180 чел. (мужчины — 14501, женщины — 14679; иностранные граждане — 781).

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