| Holbæk Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2007 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Holbæk |
| Leader Party: | S |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 578.7 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 74129 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 316 |
Holbæk Municipality (Danish: Holbæk Kommune) is a kommune in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 74,129 (2024). Its mayor is Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats and the youngest mayor ever in Denmark. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Holbæk. On 1 January 2007 Holbæk municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Jernløse, Svinninge, Tornved, and Tølløse municipalities to form a new Holbæk municipality.
Holbæk's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[2]
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 69.2% | Jørn Sørensen (B) | |||||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 66.7% | Søren Kjærsgård (V) | ||||||
| 2013 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 71.4% | |||||||
| 2017 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 73.7% | Christina K. Hansen (A) | |||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27,055 | ||
| 2 | 3,937 | ||
| 3 | 3,797 | ||
| 4 | 2,741 | ||
| 5 | 2,252 | ||
| 6 | Regstrup | 2.052 | |
| 7 | 1,806 | ||
| 8 | 1,442 | ||
| 9 | 1,197 | ||
| 10 | 1,149 |
See main article: Holbæk. The number of inhabitants on 1 January: