Helsingør municipality

	Helsingør municipality
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Hovedstaden
Region :	North Sealand
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Frederiksborg Office
Harde : ; (until March 1970)	Lynge-Kronborg Herred
Residents :	62,695 (2020)
Area :	118.90 km² (2014)
Population density :	527 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	217
Administration headquarters:	Elsinore
Address:	Stengade 59 ; 3000 Helsingør
Mayor:	Benedikt Kiær ; ( Det Conservative Folk Party )
Website:	www.helsingorkommune.dk
Sister cities :	Umeå Harstad Vaasa; ;

Kronborg Castle in Elsinore

Helsingør Kommune ( German also Elsinore municipality , English also Elsinore municipality ) is a Danish municipality in the region of Hovedstaden .

The area of the municipality is 118.90 km² and it has 62,695 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The seat of the administration is in Helsingør .

The Øresund lies to the east of the municipality and the Kattegat to the north . The city of Helsingør is connected to the city of Helsingborg in Sweden by a ferry .

Parish communities and localities in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byområder (German: "urban areas") as defined by the statistical office ) 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
Egebæksvang Sogn ^(a)	4,716	Espergærde ^(a) (part of several municipalities)	January 1, 2008: 11,524
Gurre Sogn	959	Gurre	398
Hellebæk Sogn	5,896	Hellebæk	5,455
Hornbæk Sogn	5,291	Hornbæk-Dronningmølle (part of several municipalities) Saunte ^(b) Stenstrup ^(b)	3,641 1,250 January 1, 2012: 1,144
Mørdrup Sogn ^(a)	8,775
Sankt Mariæ Sogn	4,630
Sankt Olai Sogn	9,708	Helsingør (part of several municipalities)	47,360
Sthen's Sogn	8,488
Tikøb Sogn	2,955	Kvistgård Langesø ^(c) Tikøb	1,150 292 712
Vestervang Sogn	11,159

^(a)Statistically, the suburb Espergærde with its 11,524 inhabitants, which extends over the parishes Egebæksvang Sogn and Mørdrup Sogn as well as Humlebæk Sogn in Fredensborg Municipality , has belonged to the settlement area of Helsingør since January 1, 2009.

^(b) Stenstrup with its last 1,144 inhabitants on January 1, 2012 has been recorded under Saunte since 2013 (January 1, 2013 for the first time with 1278 inhabitants).

^(c) Langesø had fewer than 200 inhabitants for the first time in 2008.