Halsnæs Municipality

Halsnæs Municipality Halsnæs Kommune
Municipality
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Zealand
Seat	Rådhuspladsen 1, 3300 Frederiksværk
Government
• Mayor	Helge Friis (S)
Area
• Total	121.19 km2 (46.79 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 1 2012)
• Total	31,068
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	260
Website	www.halsnaes.dk

Halsnæs Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region"). The municipality covers an area of 120 km², and has a total population of 30,824 (2008). Its name comes from Halsnæs, the peninsula that forms the western part of the municipality.

The municipality was created on January 1, 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Frederiksværk and Hundested. At first the merged municipality wore the hyphenated name Frederiksværk-Hundested, but it was changed to Halsnæs on January 1, 2008. Its mayor as of 2010 is Helge Friis, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Frederiksværk	12,257
2	Hundested	8,861
3	Liseleje	2.580
4	Ølsted	1,863
5	Vinderød	1,033
6	Melby	792
7	Evetofte	368
8	Torup	321
9	Ølsted Sydstrand	250
10	Ølsted Strandhuse	220

Landmarks

• Arresødal Castle, completed in 1788, now serves as a private hospital.

External links

• Halsnæs municipality's official website Template:Da icon

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)