Editing Helsinge (municipality)

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Until 1 January 2007, '''Helsinge''' was a municipality (Danish, ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[Frederiksborg County]] on the north coast of the island of [[Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It had a total population of 19,473 (2005), but in the summer months the population grew to over 36.000 people.  Its last mayor was Claus Lange, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of [[Helsinge (town)|Helsinge]].

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that combined the former municipalities Helsinge/Valby/Mårum, Vejby/Tibirke, Ramløse/Annisse.

Helsinge municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was combined with [[Græsted-Gilleleje]] municipality to form the new [[Gribskov municipality]].  This created a municipality with an area of 278&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 40,409 (2005).  The new municipality belongs to [[Region Hovedstaden]] ("Capital Region").
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== See also ==
* [[Helsinge, Denmark]]
* [[Helsinge railway station]]
* [[Holbo Herred]]

== References ==
* 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/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]

==External links==
*[http://www.gribskov.dk Municipality's official website]

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