Roskilde Commune

	Roskilde
	; Roskilde Festival
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Sjælland
Region :	Østsjælland
Educated:	2007
former municipalities : ; (until the end of 2006)	Roskilde Kommune ; Gundsø Kommune ; Ramsø Kommune
Office (until the end of 2006) :	Roskilde Office
Harden : ; (until March 1970)	Voldborg Herred ; Sømme Herred ; Ramsø Herred ; Tune Herred
Office (until 1970) :	Roskilde office until 1808, ; then København office
Residents :	87,914 (2020)
Area :	211.80 km² (2014)
Population density :	415 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	265
Administration headquarters:	Roskilde
Post Code:	4000
Address:	Køgevej 80-90 ; 4000 Roskilde
Mayor:	Tomas Breddam ; ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.roskilde.dk
Sister cities :	Dublin Kujalleq Pasvalys Vara; ; ;

Roskilde Kommune is a Danish municipality on the island of Zealand . It was created on January 1, 2007 in the course of local government reform by merging the "old" Roskilde municipality with the previous municipalities of Gundsø and Ramsø , all in the Roskilde office .

Roskilde Municipality has a total population of 87,914 inhabitants (January 1, 2020) and an area of 211.80 km². It is part of the Sjælland region . The seat of the administration is in Roskilde .

Places in the municipality

The following parish communities ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with over 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical office ) are located in the municipality , with a registered population of zero the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past:

No.	Parish	Residents	Locality	Residents
13	Dåstrup Sogn	1,628
15th	Gadstrup Sogn	2,190	Gadstrup	2,018
02	Gundsømagle Sogn	3,063	Gundsømagle	2,734
06th	Himmelev Sogn	13,562	Veddelev	1,131
04th	Hvedstrup Sogn	605	Herringløse	403
01	Jyllinge Sogn	10,226	Jyllinge	10.197
03	Kirkerup Sogn	744	Gundsølille	255
08th	Roskilde Domsogn	19,468
10	Roskilde Søndre Sogn	9.119
07th	Sankt Jørgensbjerg Sogn	10,475
16	Snoldelev Sogn	1,345	Havdrup (part of several municipalities) Snoldelev	2 603
09	Svogerslev Sogn	4,326	Svogerslev	4,274
14th	Syv Sogn	4.124	Viby	4,667
11	Vindinge Sogn	2,884	Vindinge	2,572
12	Vor Frue Sogn	1,337	Before Frue	703
17th	Ørsted Sogn	398
05	Ågerup Sogn	2,254	Store Valby Ågerup	402 1,550
			Roskilde	51,262

↑ ^a ^b The town of Viby extends mainly to the Syv Sogn, but also to the Dåstrup Sogn.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roskilde extends over the parishes of Himmelev Sogn, Roskilde Domsogn, Roskilde Søndre Sogn, Sankt Jørgensbjerg Sogn, Vindinge Sogn and Vor Frue Sogn.
↑ Havdrup is mainly located in the Solrød municipality in Havdrup Sogn .

Community partnerships

The Roskilde municipality maintains parish partnerships with:

Ireland : Dublin (since 2008)

Greenland Greenland : Kujalleq (partnership between the predecessor municipality Nanortalik and the old Roskilde municipality since 1996)
Lithuania Lithuania : Pasvalys (partnership with the former Gundsø municipality since the 1990s)
Sweden Sweden : Vara (partnership with the former Ramsø municipality since the 1970s)

Accordingly, three of the eleven official partnerships that the municipalities of Gundsø, Ramsø and Roskilde had with other locations survived the municipal reform of 2007. Via the MECINE (Medium Cities In Europe) network, the Roskilde municipality is still with Joensuu in Finland and Linköping in Sweden and Tønsberg in Norway.

Web links

Commons : Roskilde Kommune - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Roskilde Municipality (Danish)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
↑ ^a ^b Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)
↑ danskekommuner.dk: Borgmesterffekta: Roskilde (Danish), accessed on April 19, 2020
↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
↑ ^a ^b Roskilde Kommune: Venskabsbyerne ( Memento from June 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) September 13, 2012, accessed on November 24, 2012 (Danish)

[Viby-5] The town of Viby extends mainly to the Syv Sogn, but also to the Dåstrup Sogn.

[Roskilde-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roskilde extends over the parishes of Himmelev Sogn, Roskilde Domsogn, Roskilde Søndre Sogn, Sankt Jørgensbjerg Sogn, Vindinge Sogn and Vor Frue Sogn.

[Havdrup-7] Havdrup is mainly located in the Solrød municipality in Havdrup Sogn .

[BEF44-1] Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)

[ARE207-2] Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)

[3] skekommuner.dk: Borgmesterffekta: Roskilde (Danish), accessed on April 19, 2020

[4] Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)

[Venskabsbyerne-8] Roskilde Kommune: Venskabsbyerne ( Memento from June 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) September 13, 2012, accessed on November 24, 2012 (Danish)