Ringsted Municipality

Ringsted Municipality Ringsted Kommune
Municipality
A street in Ringsted A street in Ringsted
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Country	Denmark
Region	Region Zealand
Seat	Ringsted
Government
• Mayor	Henrik Hvidesten (V)
Area
• Total	295.48 km2 (114.09 sq mi)
Population (1 January 1, 2012)
• Total	33,062
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	329
Website	www.ringsted.dk

Ringsted Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 295 km², and has a total population of 32,092 (2008). Its mayor is Niels-Ulrik Hermansen, a member of Venstre

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Ringsted.

Ringsted municipality was not be merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Ringsted	21,151
2	Jystrup	744
3	Ørslev	672
4	Kværkeby	598
5	Vetterslev	562
6	Høm	472
7	Vigersted	470
8	Sneslev	390
9	Farendløse	362
10	Gyrstinge	348

Others include Ortved.

Attractions

• St. Bendt's Church (Skt. Bendts Kirke) is located in the middle of the town. The church contains several royal tombs.
• Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum

Image gallery

• Ringsted - ved Sct. Hans Gade.jpg

  Ringsted

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  St. Bendt's Church

• Skjoldnæsholm.jpg

  Skjoldenæsholm Castle

• SneslevKirke.jpg

  Sneslev Church

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

• Municipality's official website
• The Tram Museum Skjoldenæsholm