Vestamager most often refers to

Kalvebod Fælled Kalvebod Fælled ("Kalvebod Commons"), also known as Vestamager ("Western Amager"), takes up roughly one fourth of the island of Amager near Copenhagen, Denmark. The area consists of reclaimed sea bed, with a number of former islets making up ...

, but is also the name of one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts (''bydele'') comprising the municipality of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. It lies on the south border of the municipality on the island of

Amager Amager ( or, especially among older speakers, ) in the Øresund is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 212,000 inhabitants (January 2021) a small appendage to Zealand. The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (includi ...

. It covers an area of 13.99 km², has a population of 7,799 and a population density of 558 per km², making it both the largest district in area and the least densely populated district in Copenhagen. Neighboring city districts are as follows: * to the east is

Sundbyvester Sundbyvester () is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts (''bydele'') comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the south border of the municipality on the island of Amager. It covers an area of 5. ...

* to the north is

Christianshavn Christianshavn (literally, "ingChristian's Harbour") is a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. Part of the Indre By District, it is located on several artificial islands between the islands of Zealand and Amager and separated from the rest of th ...

, separated from Sundbyvester by ''Stadsgraven'' * to the south is the part of Kalvebod Fælled that lies in

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 inhab ...

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City of Copenhagen’s statistical office
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