Køge Municipality (, ) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km2 (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 63,962 (2026). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 was Denmark's youngest mayor at that time.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Suburbs inside the urban area of Køge include Køge Nord (Ølby Lyng and Ølsemagle Lyng) to the north and Herfølge to the south. Towns inside the municipality but outside the central urban area include Borup, Ejby, Bjæverskov, Lille Skensved, Lellinge and Algestrup.
As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), on 1 January 2007, the prior Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo Municipality to form the new Køge municipality.
Urban areas The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are: # Locality Population 1 Køge 38,840 2 Borup 5.063 3 Bjæverskov 3,279 4 Ejby 3,148 5 Vemmedrup 1,657 6 Lille Skensved 1,630 7 Algestrup 952 8 Lellinge 769 9 Ølsemagle 735 10 Nørre Dalby 534
Politics Køge's municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years.
Municipal council Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Election Party Totalseats Turnout Electedmayor2005111211382770.2%Marie Stærke (A)200994242675.9%20137223110271.8%Flemming Christensen (C)20171043126172.6%Marie Stærke (A)Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017
Sister cities and towns Dundaga, Latvia Espoo, Finland Klaipėda, Lithuania Kongsberg, Norway Kristianstad, Sweden Saudarkrokur, Iceland Sjöbo, Sweden Trittau, Germany
References Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Municipality's official website Køge tourist bureau