| Ringsted Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Ringsted |
| Leader Party: | V |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Henrik Hvidesten |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 295.48 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 36,356 |
| 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: | 329 |
Ringsted Municipality (Danish: Ringsted Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 295 km2, and has a total population of 36,356 (2024). Its mayor is Henrik Hvidesten, a member of Venstre.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Ringsted.
Ringsted municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007, during the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21,151 | ||
| 2 | 744 | ||
| 3 | 672 | ||
| 4 | 598 | ||
| 5 | 562 | ||
| 6 | 472 | ||
| 7 | 470 | ||
| 8 | 390 | ||
| 9 | 362 | ||
| 10 | 348 |
Others include Ortved.
Ringsted's municipal council consists of 21 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 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 68.3% | Niels Ulrich Hermansen (V) | ||||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 65.5% | |||||||
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 73.3% | Henrik Hvidesten (V) | ||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 70.3% | ||||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||