Greve Municipality is a municipality (
Danish, ''
kommune'') about 21 km south-west of
Copenhagen
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in
Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of
Zealand
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It is the 1 ...
(''Sjælland'') in eastern
Denmark
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. The municipality covers an area of 60 km², and has a total population of 47,773 (2008).
The site of its municipal council is the town of
Greve Strand.
It serves primarily as a residential municipality, functioning as a
suburb
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for the larger Copenhagen area.
History
Until the 1960s the area was primarily agricultural, and most businesses in town were concentrated along the coastal road "Strandvejen". With numerous holiday cottages near the coast of ''Køge Bugt'' (Køge Bay), this was also the destination for many inhabitants of Copenhagen on holiday away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
During the late 1960s and into the 1970s, many people moved permanently out of Copenhagen and into new homes in places like Greve. What was formerly farmers' fields quickly turned into districts of detached houses, whilst most of the shops and similar businesses near the coastal road moved into central
shopping mall
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s such as
Hundige Storcenter and
Greve Midtby Center. Around 1980 the
S-train
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railroad network was expanded towards
Køge, and the stations
Greve and
Hundige
Hundige is a suburb southwest of Copenhagen. The town has a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are committed in the large housing project called Askerød in the northern part of the subur The housing project called Gersagerparken has a ...
were placed adjacent to the shopping malls.
Greve Municipality was formed in 1970, as part of the ("Municipal Reform") of that year. It was established by combining the following
parish
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es:
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Greve
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Hundige
Hundige is a suburb southwest of Copenhagen. The town has a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are committed in the large housing project called Askerød in the northern part of the subur The housing project called Gersagerparken has a ...
*
Karlslunde
* Karlslunde Strand
* Kildebrønde
* Mosede
*
Tune.
Greve municipality was one of the municipalities that was not merged 1 January 2007 in the nationwide
''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).
Locations
Politics
Greve's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.
Greve.dk
"Byråd og udvalg" Retrieved 28 April 2019
National results
Municipal council
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
2005 election results
2005 local election results:
2009 election results
2009 local election results:
2013 election results
2013 local election results:
2017 election results
2017 local election results:
2021 election results
2021 local election results:
References
* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro map with named municipalities
External links
*
Krak searchable/printable map
{{Authority control
Municipalities of Region Zealand
Municipalities of Denmark
Copenhagen metropolitan area