Place:Holbæk, Vestsjælland, Denmark

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NameHolbæk
Alt namesHolbaeksource: USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Holbæksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates55.717°N 11.733°E
Located inVestsjælland, Denmark
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Holbæk municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 69,010 (2008). Its mayor is Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Denmark) and the youngest mayor ever in Denmark. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Holbæk. On 1 January 2007 Holbæk municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Jernløse, Svinninge, Tornved, and Tølløse municipalities to form a new Holbæk municipality.

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