Orø
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Isefjord | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 15.02 km² | |
| Residents | 951 (January 1, 2020) 63 inhabitants / km² |
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Orø is a Danish island in the Isefjord , which cuts the north-west of the main Danish island of Zealand . The island is about 15 km² and has 951 inhabitants (January 1, 2020), who are spread over four villages: Bybjerg, Brønde, Gamløse and Næsby. There are also 1,400 holiday homes.
Orø forms its own parish ( Danish : Sogn ) Orø Sogn , which belonged to Harde Horns Herred in Frederiksborg Amt until April 1, 1933 , and was then added to Tuse Herred in what was then Holbæk Amt , together with a few small, uninhabited islands . From 1970 it belonged to the Holbæk municipality in what was then Vestsjællands Amt , which was merged into the "new" Holbæk municipality in the Sjælland region with the municipal reform on January 1, 2007 .
Orø belongs to the Association of Danish Small Islands .
In the north of the island is the 1.6 meter high, 1.9 meter wide and 3.5 meter long Orøsten, a boulder made of gneiss weighing around 20 tons.