Ramsø was a municipality (
Danish ''
kommune'') in the former
Roskilde County on the island of
Zealand
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(''Sjælland'') in east
Denmark
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until 1 January 2007. The municipality covered an area of and had a total population in 2005 of 9,320. Its last mayor was Poul Lindor Nielsen, a member of the
Social Democrats
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(''Socialdemokraterne'')
political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was
Viby. Other towns and villages in the municipality were
Gadstrup, Skalstrup, Snoldelev and Ørsted.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("municipality reform") that combined existing
parish
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es:
* Dåstrup Parish
* Gadstrup Parish
* Snoldelev Parish
* Syv Parish
* Ørsted Parish
Ramsø municipality ceased to exist as the result of the
''Kommunalreformen'' ("Municipality Reform") of 2007. It was merged with the existing
Gundsø and
Roskilde
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municipalities to form the new
Roskilde Municipality, with an area of and a total population in 2015 of 79,441. The new municipality belongs to
Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").
See also
*
Snoldelev Stone
References
External links
Roskile municipality's official website(Danish)
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Former municipalities of Denmark