| Taastrup | |
| Mapsize: | 180px |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Capital (Hovedstaden) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Høje-Taastrup |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michael Ziegler |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Urban Km2: | 13.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 37231 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [1] |
| Population Blank1: | 18756 males and 18475 females |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Municipality |
| Population Blank2: | 57540 |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 55.6511°N 12.2661°W |
| Elevation M: | 28 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 2630 |
| Area Code: | (+45) 43 |
| Website: | http://www.htk.dk/ |
Taastrup (or Tåstrup) (pronounced as /da/) is a Danish railway town and suburb of Copenhagen – 18 km west of Copenhagen's city centre. The town forms a twin urban area with neighbouring suburb Høje Taastrup, Taastrup rising since 1859 and Høje Taastrup rising west of the town, since the 1970s. The town/suburb development has engulfed the villages of Taastrup Valby, Høje Taastrup, Kragehave and Klovtofte, although Høje Taastrup still has a preserved village character around Høje Taastrup Church. The town is the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden; the seat placed in Taastrup first and since moving to Høje- Taastrup in the beginning of the 1980s. In 2023 a new town hall was opened on 14 February.
The town is growing closer to the town of Hedehusene, both towns developing towards each other, and both situated in the municipality. The population on 1 January 2023 was 37,231 (excluding Hedehusene).[2]
Taastrup took its name from its rise on the lands north of the village of Taastrup Valby. Taastrup Valby means "Valby by (Høje) Taastrup", named "Taastrup Valby" to avoid confusion with other locations like Valby.
The town is situated approximately halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde, in proximity to the Copenhagen suburb/new town Albertslund, the town of Hedehusene and the villages of Ishøj Landsby, Sengeløse and Vridsløsemagle.
