Taastrup

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title: "Taastrup" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipal-seats-in-the-capital-region-of-denmark", "municipal-seats-of-denmark", "copenhagen-metropolitan-area", "cities-and-towns-in-the-capital-region-of-denmark", "høje-taastrup-municipality"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taastrup" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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subdivision_nameDenmark
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Capital (Hovedstaden)
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Høje-Taastrup
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMichael Ziegler
leader_title1
established_title2
established_title3
area_magnitude
unit_prefMetric
area_urban_km213.4
population_as_of2025
population_footnotes
population_density_km2auto
population_urban38178
population_density_urban_km2auto
population_blank1_titleGender
population_blank119282 males and 18896 females
population_blank2_titleMunicipality
population_blank259059
timezone1CET
utc_offset1+1
timezone1_DSTCEST
utc_offset1_DST+2
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m28
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code2630
area_code(+45) 43
websitehttp://www.htk.dk/
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The town is growing closer to the town of Hedehusene, both towns developing towards each other, and both situated in the municipality. The population on 1 January 2025 was 38,178 (excluding Hedehusene).

Taastrup took its name from its rise on the lands north of the village of Taastrup Valby. Taastrup Valby means "Valby by (Høje) Taastrup", named "Taastrup Valby" to avoid confusion with other locations like Valby.

Geography

The town is situated approximately halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde, in proximity to the Copenhagen suburb/new town Albertslund, the town of Hedehusene and the villages of Ishøj Landsby, Sengeløse and Vridsløsemagle.

Notable people

Twinned cities

References

References

  1. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
  2. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]

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