Køge Municipality

Køge Municipality Køge Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
A street in Køge
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°27′N 12°11′E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Køge
Government
• Mayor	Marie Stærke (A)
Area
• Total	255.47 km2 (98.64 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2024)
• Total	62,848
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	259
Website	www.koege.dk

Køge Municipality (Danish: Køge Kommune, Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰøː(j)ə]) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 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 (Socialdemokraterne) 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. [1]

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 Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central urban area include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.

As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), on 1 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:

#	Locality	Population
1	Køge	35,295
2	Borup	4.190
3	Bjæverskov	2,856
4	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 Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party											Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	D	F	I	I	O	U	V	Ø
2005	11	1	2		1	1		3		8		27	70.2%	Marie Stærke (A)
2009	9		4	2	4			2		6			75.9%
2013	7		2		2			3	1	10	2		71.8%	Flemming Christensen (C)
2017	10		4		3		1	2		6	1		72.6%	Marie Stærke (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Sister cities and towns

Dundaga, Latvia Espoo, Finland Klaipėda, Lithuania Kongsberg, Norway

Kristianstad, Sweden Saudarkrokur, Iceland Sjöbo, Sweden Trittau, Germany

References

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

External links

• Municipality's official website
• Køge tourist bureau