Ølstykke Stationsby, commonly known as Ølstykke, is a town in
Egedal Municipality
Egedal Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It covers an area of with a total population of 42,297 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Karsten Søndergaard, a member of the Liberal Party (''Venstre'') politic ...
, serving as its municipal seat. Until January 1, 2010, Ølstykke was an independent city, but today it has merged with
Stenløse and forms the
urban area
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...
of
Ølstykke-Stenløse with 22,030 inhabitants.
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Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.
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(''Sjælland''), in eastern Denmark
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References
Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark
Municipal seats of Denmark
Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark
Egedal Municipality
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