Dragør Kommune () is a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in

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on the southern coast of the island of Amager just east of

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(''Sjælland'') in eastern

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. The municipality covers an area of 18.41 km² (2013), and has a population of 14,494 (1 January 2020). Its mayor is Eik Dahl Bidstrup, a member of the agrarian liberal

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1970 Danish Municipal Reform

Not until four years after the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform on 1 April 1974 two new municipalities were formed in

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, namely Dragør Municipality, formed by the merger of

Dragør Dragør () is the main town of Dragør Municipality, (Denmark), which includes the village of Store Magleby. The city hall and seat of the municipal council lies on Kirkevej 7 (postal code 2791 Dragør) in Store Magleby, which has enough space f ...

(an independent parish from 1 April 1954) and Store Magleby

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es and

Høje-Taastrup Municipality Høje-Taastrup Kommune is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 78 km² (30 mi²), and has a total population of 50,6 ...

, which from that date also included Sengeløse parish (which - as an already existing parish - was also made an independent municipality from 1 April 1970 until 31 March 1974; but it was considered too small to remain as an independent municipality). The inhabitants would have preferred to remain as independent municipalities. Store Magleby, which was larger in area than Dragør, had a large number of

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s (Danish (singular): parcel;udstykning) with owner-occupied homes built on the boundary with Dragør (as far away from the noise as possible from planes landing at

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, and taking restrictions in building regulations (inside city (built-up area) limits versus outside city limits) into consideration) before the merger. Because the voters of Store Magleby and

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were almost exclusively owner-occupiers, who voted center-rightwing, whereas Høje-Taastrup Municipality and

Municipality to a large extent consisted of tenants who rented their apartments and who voted center-leftwing, there were heated debates and reluctance among the voters of Store Magleby and

about joining the new municipalities. This was because the center-rightwing voters would be in a minority at elections for their local councils.

Parishes

Dragør parish is surrounded by Store Magleby parish to the north, south, and west and the strait of

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to the east, and Dragør parish thus does not border the neighboring

Tårnby Tårnby () is a town in Denmark, the seat of Tårnby Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark. It is located approximately south of central Copenhagen on the island of Amager. Neighbouring settlements include the Copenhagen suburb of Sundb ...

municipality. Dragør parish has an area of only 156

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s (1.56 square km;0.6 sq mi), 8.6% of Dragør municipality's area, as opposed to Store Magleby parish's 1602 hectares, the latter accounting for more than 88% of Dragør municipality's area. A part of

lies in Dragør municipality. With 4,144 people (1 January 1970:4,309), 29.77% of the population, recorded as living there on 1 January 2013, Dragør parish has a population density of 2,656 persons per square km (6,880/sq mi), Store Magleby parish with 9,737 people (1970:5,499), 69.96% of the population, has a density of 607.8 persons per square km (1,574.2/sq mi). On 1 January 2020 12,309 people (2010:11,573) lived in the built-up area of Dragør (includes St. Magleby), 1,739 (2010:1,713) in Søvang, 408 people (2010:237) were living in rural areas (areas with below 200 people), and thirty-eight persons (2010:41) were recorded as not having a fixed address. On 1 January 1970 9,808 people lived in the two parishes, and on 1 January 2010 the municipality had a population of 13,564 people.

Overview

The main town is

. The seat of the town hall is on Kirkevej 7 in Store Magleby, which easily can house such a large building. Its only neighboring municipality is

to the north. To the east and south is the

, the

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that separates Zealand and Amager from

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. To the southwest is Køge Bay (

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). Dragør Municipality was not merged with any adjacent municipality under the municipal reform of 2007, as it agreed to enter into a "municipal cooperation agreement" with

Tårnby Municipality Tårnby Kommune () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') bordering Copenhagen Municipality on the island of Amager just east of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality includes the islands of Saltholm (16 km2;2 inh ...

Economy

Prior to its dissolution,

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had its headquarters in

in the municipality. When it existed, Sterling Airlines had its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør.Contact
" Sterling Airlines. Retrieved on 13 February 2011. "Head office Sterling Airlines A/S Copenhagen Airport South 2791 Dragoer Denmark."

Politics

Municipal council

Dragør's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Municipality's official website

Visit Dragør website
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