Editing Dragør Municipality

{{Other uses|Dragor (disambiguation)}}
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| name                    = Dragør Municipality
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Hovedstaden]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = {{#property:P571}}
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| seat                    = [[Dragør]]
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| leader_party            = [[Venstre (Denmark)|V]]
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| leader_name             = Kenneth Gøtterup
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| population_total        = 14,450
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[[Image:denmark-dragoer-alley2.jpg|right|thumb|A narrow street in Dragør]]
[[Image:Dragør strandhotel.jpg|right|thumb|The Dragør Strand Hotel in Amager's historic old town of Dragør.]]
[[File:20170709 Maison ancienne de Dragør.jpg|thumb|A house with a thatch roof in the city centre]]
'''Dragør Kommune''' ({{IPA|da|ˈtʁɑːwˌøɐ̯ˀ kʰoˈmuːnə}}) is a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[Region Hovedstaden]] on the southern coast of the island of [[Amager]] just east of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]].  The municipality covers an area of 18.41&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (2013), and has a population of 14,450 (1. January 2025).  Its mayor is Kenneth Gøtterup, a member of the conservative party [[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)]].

==1970 Danish Municipal Reform==
Not until four years after the [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] on 1 April 1974 two new municipalities were formed in [[Copenhagen County]], namely Dragør Municipality, formed by the merger of [[Dragør]] (an independent parish from 1 April 1954) and [[Store Magleby]] [[parish]]es  and [[Høje-Taastrup Municipality]], which from that date also included [[:da:Sengeløse Sogn|Sengeløse parish]] (which - as an already existing parish - was also made an independent municipality from 1 April 1970 until 31 March 1974; but it was considered too small to remain as an independent municipality). The inhabitants would have preferred to remain as independent municipalities. [[Store Magleby]], which was larger in area than Dragør, had a large number of [[Subdivision (land)|subdivision]]s (Danish (singular): parcel;udstykning) with owner-occupied homes built on the boundary with Dragør (as far away from the noise as possible from planes landing at [[Copenhagen Airport]], and taking restrictions in building regulations (inside city (built-up area) limits versus outside city limits) into consideration) before the merger.
Because the voters of [[Store Magleby]] and [[Sengeløse]] were almost exclusively owner-occupiers, who voted center-rightwing, whereas [[Høje-Taastrup]] Municipality and [[Dragør]] Municipality to a large extent consisted of tenants who rented their apartments and who voted center-leftwing, there were heated debates and reluctance among the voters of [[Store Magleby]] and [[Sengeløse]] about joining the new municipalities. This was because the center-rightwing voters would be in a minority at elections for their local councils.

==Parishes==
Dragør parish is surrounded by Store Magleby parish to the north, south, and west and the strait of [[Øresund]] to the east, and Dragør parish thus does not border the neighboring [[Tårnby]] municipality. Dragør parish has an area of only 156 [[hectare]]s (1.56 square km;0.6 sq mi), 8.6% of Dragør municipality's area, as opposed to Store Magleby parish's 1602 hectares, the latter accounting for more than 88% of Dragør municipality's area. A part of [[Copenhagen Airport]] lies in Dragør municipality. With 4,144 people (1 January 1970:4,309), 29.77% of the population, recorded as living there on 1 January 2013, Dragør parish has a population density of 2,656 persons per square km (6,880/sq mi), Store Magleby parish with 9,737 people (1970:5,499), 69.96% of the population, has a density of 607.8 persons per square km (1,574.2/sq mi). On 1 January 2020 12,309 people (2010:11,573) lived in the built-up area of Dragør (includes St. Magleby), 1,739 (2010:1,713) in Søvang, 408 people (2010:237) were living in rural areas (areas with below 200 people), and thirty-eight persons (2010:41) were recorded as not having a fixed address. On 1 January 1970 9,808 people lived in the two parishes, and on 1 January 2010 the municipality had a population of 13,564 people.

==Overview==
The main town is [[Dragør]]. The seat of the town hall is on Kirkevej 7 in [[Store Magleby]], which easily can house such a large building.

Its only neighboring municipality is [[Tårnby]] to the north.  To the east and south is the [[Øresund]], the [[strait]] that separates Zealand and Amager from [[Sweden]]. To the southwest is Køge Bay ([[:da:Køge Bugt|Køge Bugt]]).

Dragør Municipality was not merged with any adjacent municipality under the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipality Reform 2007|municipal reform of 2007]], as it agreed to enter into a "municipal cooperation agreement" with [[Tårnby Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=10080|title = Retsinformation}}</ref>

==Economy==
Prior to its dissolution, [[Maersk Air]] had its headquarters in [[Dragør]] in the municipality.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20030402044413/http://www.maersk-air.com/en/About+Maersk+Air/Offices/Maersk+Air+Headquarters.htm Maersk Air Headquarters]." [[Maersk Air]]. 2 April 2003. Retrieved on 9 January 2010.</ref> When it existed, [[Sterling Airlines]] had its head office at [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen Airport South]] in Dragør.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060824165553/http://www.sterling.dk/contact Contact]." [[Sterling Airlines]]. Retrieved on 13 February 2011. "Head office Sterling Airlines A/S Copenhagen Airport South 2791 Dragoer Denmark."</ref>

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Dragør's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="8"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=DragørListen|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Amagerlisten|{{font color|white|L}}}}'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Tværpolitisk Liste|{{font color|white|T}}}}'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|3
|6
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|4
|1
|rowspan="4"|15
|77.7%
|rowspan="2"|Allan Holst (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|4
|3
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|1
|3
|3
|72.7%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|3
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|2
|3
|3
|78.7%
|rowspan="2"|Eik Dahl Bidstrup (V)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|3
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|2
|4
|3
|77.9%
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

==External links==
{{Portal|Denmark}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.dragoer.dk Municipality's official website] {{in lang|da}}
* [http://www.visitdragoer.dk Visit Dragør website]

{{Dragør Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Dragør
 | N = [[Tårnby Municipality|Tårnby]]
 | E = ''[[Øresund]]'' / {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Malmö Municipality|Malmö]]
 | S = ''[[Øresund]]''
 | W = ''[[Køge Bay]]''
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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