Frederikssund Commune

	Frederikssund Commune
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Hovedstaden
Region :	North Sealand
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Frederikssund Municipality ; Jægerspris Municipality ; Slangerup Municipality ; Skibby Municipality
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Frederiksborg Office
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Horns Herred ; Lynge-Frederiksborg Herred
Residents :	45,223 (2020)
Area :	247.10 km² (2014)
Population density :	183 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	250
Administration headquarters:	Frederikssund
Address:	Torvet 2 ; 3600 Frederikssund
Mayor:	John Schmidt Andersen ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.frederikssund.dk
Sister cities :	Aurskog-Høland Catoira Kowary Kumla Ramsgate Sipoo; ; ; ; ;

Frederikssund Kirke

Frederikssund Town Hall

Frederikssund Kommune [ fʀɛðəʀegˈsonʔ ] is a Danish municipality on Roskilde Fjord on the island of Sjælland in the Hovedstaden region .

As a result of the municipal reform on January 1, 2007, the municipalities of Jægerspris , Slangerup and Skibby were incorporated into the "old" Frederikssund municipality (all in the Frederiksborg office ). Today's municipality thus covers an area of 247.10 km² and has 45,223 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

The municipality of Frederikssund is characterized by the fjord and the Ice Age moraine landscape. The seat of the administration is in the city of Frederikssund .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical authority ) are located in the municipality ; Population on January 1st, 2020, with a registered population of zero, the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

Parish	Residents	Locality	Residents
Draaby Sogn	4,824	Jægerspris Kulhuse Over Dråby Strand	4,057 915 457
Ferslev Sogn	1,067	Ferslev Venslev	239 230
Frederikssund Sogn	7,046	Frederikssund	16,337
Gerlev Sogn	1,964	Gerlev Landerslev	953 248
Græse Sogn	2,602	Græse Græse Bakkeby	220 2,230
Islebjerg Sogn	3.711	Frederikssund	16,337
Jørlunde Sogn	2,503	Jørlunde	299
Krogstrup Sogn	1,022	Dalby Dalby Huse Lyngerup	299 289 229
Kyndby Sogn	760	Kyndby Kyndby Huse	269 316
Oppe Sundby Sogn	5,702
Selsø Sogn	694	Sønderby	277
Sigerslevvester Sogn	318
Skibby Sogn	3,422	Skibby	3.126
Skoven Sogn	1,126
Skuldelev Sogn	1,273	Skuldelev	851
Slangerup Sogn	7,262	Slangerup	6,808
Snostrup Sogn	1,034	Store Rørbæk	571
Uvelse Sogn	1,402
Vellerup Sogn	416	Vellerup	444

↑ In 2008, the population of Græse was below 200 for the first time.
↑ Uvelse Sogn is largely in the area of Hillerød Municipality .

history

In the 1940s, the remains of a Germanic sanctuary were discovered in the nearby moor of Rappendam .

Attractions

Jørlunde Church from 1085

JF Willumsens Museum with the works of the painter and sculptor Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
The Church of Jørlunde of 1085 contains the longest organ pipes of all Danish village churches.
In the nature reserve Jægerspris Nordskov between Jægerspris and Kulhuse stands the Kongeegen , Denmark's oldest tree and probably the oldest oak in Europe.

traffic

The two parts of the municipality on the peninsulas Hornsherred in the east and Nordsjælland in the west are connected by the road bridge Kronprins Frederiks Bro .