Holbæk Municipality Explained

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.

Politics

Holbæk's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[2]

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
200595122123169.2%Jørn Sørensen (B)
20091112431066.7%Søren Kjærsgård (V)
20131021412271.4%
201793112346273.7%Christina K. Hansen (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Urban areas

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

The town of Holbæk

See main article: Holbæk. The number of inhabitants on 1 January:

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
  2. https://holbaek.dk/politik/udvalg/ "Udvalg"