Editing Roskilde County

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| style="border: 1px solid #1188AA; background-color:#c0ccfa" align="center" colspan="2" | <big>'''Roskilde County'''</big><br>{{native name|da|Roskilde Amt}}
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| style="border: 1px solid #1188AA; background-color:#c0ccfa" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Basic Facts'''
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| [[County seat]] || [[Roskilde]]
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| Area || 891&nbsp;km²
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| Inhabitants || 241,523 <small>''(2006)''</small>
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| style="border: 1px solid #1188AA; background-color:#c0ccfa" align="center" colspan="2" | '''Map'''
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| bgcolor=#FFFFFF align="center" colspan="2" |[[Image:DenmarkRoskilde.png|Roskilde County in Denmark]]
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'''Roskilde County''' ({{langx|da|Roskilde Amt}}) is a former [[counties of Denmark|county]] ({{Langx|da|[[Amt (subnational entity)|amt]]}}) on the [[island]] of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]]. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into [[Region Sjælland]] (i.e. ''Region Zealand'').

Roskilde is also the name of the county's capital, and the name of a municipality ({{Langx|da|[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]}}). The small city of Roskilde is located 30&nbsp;km west of Copenhagen. Danish kings were traditionally crowned there, in the [[Roskilde Cathedral]]. Roskilde is also home to the [[Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde)|Viking Ship Museum]], an "alternative" university, and the popular [[Roskilde Festival]], annual music festival.

==Municipalities (1970-2006)==
*[[Bramsnæs]]
*[[Greve Municipality|Greve]]
*[[Gundsø]]
*[[Hvalsø]]
*[[Køge Municipality|Køge]]
*[[Lejre]]
*[[Ramsø]]
*[[Roskilde Municipality|Roskilde]]
*[[Skovbo Municipality|Skovbo]]
*[[Solrød Municipality|Solrød]]
*[[Vallø]]

{{Counties of Denmark}}

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[[Category:Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006)]]
[[Category:Region Zealand]]


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