| Køge Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Køge |
| Leader Party: | A |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Marie Stærke |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 255.47 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 62848 |
| 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: | 259 |
Køge Municipality (Danish: Køge Kommune, in Danish pronounced as /ˈkʰøː(j)ə/) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 62,848 (2024). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 was Denmark's youngest mayor at that time. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929183450/http://www.koege.dk/297897/
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Suburbs inside the urban area of Køge include Køge Nord (Ølby Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central urban area include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.
As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), on 1 January 2007, the prior Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo Municipality to form the new Køge municipality.
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35,295 | ||
| 2 | 4.190 | ||
| 3 | 2,856 | ||
| 4 | 2,831 | ||
| 5 | Vemmedrup | 1,688 | |
| 6 | 1,450 | ||
| 7 | 871 | ||
| 8 | Lellinge | 687 | |
| 9 | 543 | ||
| 10 | Slimminge | 475 |
Køge's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 70.2% | Marie Stærke (A) | ||||||||
| 2009 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 75.9% | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 71.8% | Flemming Christensen (C) | |||||||||
| 2017 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 72.6% | Marie Stærke (A) | |||||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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