Editing Frederikssund Municipality

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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = Denmark
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Hovedstaden]]
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = {{#property:P571}}
| seat_type          = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]
| seat               = [[Frederikssund]]
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| leader_party       = [[Venstre (Denmark)|V]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = John Schmidt Andersen (1 January 2014-)
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| population_footnotes = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_total   = 47052
| population_as_of   = 1. January 2025
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| postal_code        = {{#property:P281}}
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'''Frederikssund Kommune''' ({{IPA|da|fʁeðʁek(s)ˈsɔnˀ kʰoˈmuːnə, fʁæðʁæk(s)ˈsɔnˀ -}}) is a municipality ({{langx|da|[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]}}) on the shores of [[Roskilde Fjord]] in the northern part of the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]].  On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old [[Jægerspris]], [[Slangerup]], and [[Skibby]] municipalities. It now covers an area of 250&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and has a population of 47,052 (1. January 2025). As of 1 January 2014 its mayor is [[John Schmidt Andersen]], a member of the agrarian liberal [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. Frederikssund municipality belongs to [[Region Hovedstaden]] (''Capital Region'').

The seat of its municipal council is the town of [[Frederikssund]] with a population of 15,283 (1 January 2009).<ref>[http://www.statistikbanken.dk/BEF44 "BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas"] database from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> The town is connected to the [[Hornsherred]] peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. The former municipalities of Jægerspris and Skibby are located on this peninsula.

== Locations ==
The ten largest locations in the municipality are:

{| class="wikitable"
! Nr (#) !! City  !! Population (2011) 
|-
| 1 || [[Frederikssund]] || 15,468
|-
| 2 || [[Slangerup]] || 6,822
|-
| 3 || [[Jægerspris]] || 4,065
|-
| 4 || [[Skibby]] || 3,185
|-
| 5 || [[Græse Bakkeby]] || 2,368
|-
| 6 || [[Kulhuse (Frederikssund Municipality)|Kulhuse]] || 912
|-
| 7 || [[Skuldelev]] || 905
|-
| 8 || [[Gerlev (Frederikssund Municipality)|Gerlev]] || 783
|-
| 9 || [[Store Rørbæk]] || 570
|-
| 10 || [[Over Dråby Strand]] || 442
|}

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Frederikssund's municipal council consists of 23 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:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#8B8989;"|'''{{tooltip|2=Borgernes liste Frederikssund|{{font color|white|E}}}}'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|13
|1
|3
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|1
|1
|8
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|27
|72.2%
|rowspan="2"|Ole Find Jensen (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|10
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|3
|3
|2
|5
|rowspan="3"|23
|67.1%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|8
|1
|1
|1
|3
|8
|1
|73.4%
|rowspan="2"|John S. Andersen (V)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|8
|1
|1
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|1
|2
|9
|1
|72.6%
|-
|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]
|}

==Recent developments==
The [https://web.archive.org/web/20061014154610/http://www.sla.dk/byrum/fredsugb.htm new harbour square] provides the finishing touches to the harbour developments which began in the 1990s. There are also ambitious plans to build a new residential development to the south of Frederikssund in Vinge north of Store Rørbæk. Vinge Station on the C line of the [[S-train (Copenhagen)|S-train]] was opened 14 December 2020.<ref>[http://enhr2006-ljubljana.uirs.si/publish/W20_Hedvig%20Vestergaard.pdf New Town in the Øresund Region - housing potential in the new town next to Frederikssund] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616061019/http://enhr2006-ljubljana.uirs.si/publish/W20_Hedvig%20Vestergaard.pdf |date=16 June 2007 }} - Paper presented at the ENHR conference, Ljubljana July 2006 Retrieved 9 January 2007.</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark}}
Frederikssund is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Internationale samarbejder|url=https://www.frederikssund.dk/service/Organisation/Fakta/Internationale-samarbejder|website=frederikssund.dk|publisher=Frederikssund Kommune|language=da|accessdate=2021-04-14|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414182530/https://www.frederikssund.dk/service/Organisation/Fakta/Internationale-samarbejder|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aurskog-Høland]], Norway
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Catoira]], Spain
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kowary]], Poland
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla Municipality|Kumla]], Sweden
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*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ramsgate]], England, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Sipoo]], Finland
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Somerset]], England, United Kingdom
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==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths=170px heights=140px>
Minolta-65-02 filtered.jpg|[[Frederikssund]]'s main pedestrian street
Jægerspris slot.jpg|[[Jægerspris Castle]]
Danish sailboats.jpg|Kulhuse
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Frederikssund railway station]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Frederikssund Kommune}}
* 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]
*[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=55.797807,12.106247&spn=0.171372,0.63858&om=1 Road map from Google maps]
*[http://www.frederikssund.dk/ The new Frederikssund municipality's official website (Danish only)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050901180218/http://www.frederikssund-tourist.dk/DK/index.htm Frederikssund / Hornsherred Tourist Bureau]
*[http://www2.frsund-gym.dk/? Frederikssund Gymnasium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050820162708/http://www.frsund-gym.dk/ |date=20 August 2005 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050403192620/http://www.centerbowl.dk/ Center Bowl]
*[http://www.golfonline.dk/klub/frederikssund/ Frederikssund Golf Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309075451/http://www.golfonline.dk/klub/frederikssund/ |date=9 March 2005 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110514173755/http://drokov.narod.ru/photos/frederikssund200507/index.htm Photos]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110221108/http://www.frederikssund-bibliotek.dk/ The local public library (in Danish)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929001646/http://www.roskildefjord.dk/frederikssund_havn.asp Frederikssund marina (in Danish)]

{{Frederikssund Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Frederikssund
 | N  = [[Halsnæs Municipality|Halsnæs]]
 | NE = [[Hillerød Municipality|Hillerød]]
 | E  = [[Allerød Municipality|Allerød]]
 | SE = [[Egedal Municipality|Egedal]]
 | S  = [[Lejre Municipality|Lejre]] ([[Region Zealand|Sjælland]]), [[Roskilde Municipality|Roskilde]] ([[Region Zealand|Sjælland]])
 | SW = [[Holbæk Municipality|Holbæk]] ([[Region Zealand|Sjælland]]) / ''[[Ise Fjord]]''
 | W  = [[Odsherred Municipality|Odsherred]] ([[Region Zealand|Sjælland]]) / ''[[Ise Fjord]]''
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
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