Taastrup

Taastrup
Taastrup New Church in September 2006

Taastrup
Coordinates: 55°39′04″N 12°15′58″E / 55.65111°N 12.26611°E / 55.65111; 12.26611
Country	Denmark
Region	Capital (Hovedstaden)
Municipality	Høje-Taastrup
Government
• Mayor	Michael Ziegler
Area(in Høje-Taastrup Municipality)
• City	78.41 km² (30.27 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population (2014)
• City	33,121
• Density	420/km² (1,100/sq mi)
• Metro	48,807
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2630
Area code(s)	(+45) 43
Website	http://www.htk.dk/

Taastrup is a Danish railway town or/and suburb of Copenhagen - 15 km west of the capital, and formerly the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden. It takes it name from the village of Taastrup Valby, which also gave its name to the station established in 1859, from which the town grew. The population 1.January 2014 was 33,121.^[1] It forms a twin (sub)urban are with neighbouring suburb Høje Taastrup since the 1980s, that has engulfed the villages of Taastrup Valby, Høje Taastrup, Kragehave and Klovtofte. This are has almost grown together with the town of Hedehusene.

Geography

The town is halfway between Metropolitan Copenhagen and Roskilde, close to the suburbs and municipalities of Albertslund and Ishøj.

Twinned cities

Oldenburg - Germany
Spotorno - italy

References

↑ BEF44: Population 1.January by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark

External links

Media related to Taastrup at Wikimedia Commons

Municipal seats of Denmark

Capital Region	Albertslund Ballerup Brøndbyvester Buddinge Charlottenlund Copenhagen Dragør and Store Magleby Frederiksberg Frederikssund Frederiksværk Glostrup Helsinge Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Holte Hørsholm Hvidovre Ishøj Kokkedal Kongens Lyngby Lillerød Rønne Rødovre Stenløse Taastrup Tårnby Værløse Vallensbæk

Central Denmark Region	Aarhus Grenå Herning Hadsten, Hinnerup, Hammel and Hvorslev Hedensted Holstebro Horsens Ikast Lemvig Odder Randers Ringkøbing and Skjern Rønde Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Tranebjerg Viborg

North Denmark Region	Aabybro Aalborg Aars Brønderslev Byrum Frederikshavn Hjørring Hobro and Hadsund Nykøbing Mors Støvring Thisted

Region Zealand	Greve Strand Haslev Højby Holbæk Hvalsø Kalundborg Køge Maribo Næstved Nykøbing Falster Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Strand Sorø Store Heddinge Vordingborg

South Denmark Region	Aabenraa Assens Bogense Esbjerg Fredericia Grindsted Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Marstal Middelfart Nyborg Nordby Odense Ringe Rudkøbing Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

30 most populous urban areas of Denmark

as of 1 January 2014, according to Statistics Denmark, see table BEF44 at statbank.dk.

1.	Copenhagen	1,246,611
2.	Aarhus	259,754
3.	Odense	172,512
4.	Aalborg	109,092
5.	Esbjerg	71,618
6.	Randers	61,163

7.	Kolding	58,021
8.	Horsens	55,884
9.	Vejle	53,230
10.	Roskilde	48,721
11.	Herning	47,765
12.	Helsingør	46,407

13.	Hørsholm	46,229
14.	Silkeborg	43,158
15.	Næstved	42,424
16.	Fredericia	39,922
17.	Viborg	38,572
18.	Køge	35,768

19.	Holstebro	34,873
20.	Taastrup	33,121
21.	Slagelse	32,005
22.	Hillerød	31,191
23.	Sønderborg	27,434
24.	Holbæk	26,942

25.	Svendborg	26,783
26.	Hjørring	25,071
27.	Frederikshavn	23,156
28.	Nørresundby	21,761
29.	Ringsted	21,620
30.	Haderslev	21,574

Note: The population figure for metropolitan Copenhagen includes Frederiksberg, Albertslund, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre, Tårnby and Vallensbæk municipalities; parts of Ballerup, Rudersdal and Furesø; Ishøj and Greve Strand.

Coordinates: 55°39′N 12°18′E / 55.650°N 12.300°E / 55.650; 12.300

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Taastrup

Geography

Twinned cities

See also

References

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