Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde Municipality (Danish: Roskilde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.

Roskilde Municipality Roskilde Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°39′N 12°06′E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand
Established	1 January 2007
Seat	Roskilde
Government
• Mayor	Tomas Breddam (S)
Area
• Total	211.88 km2 (81.81 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2025)[1]
• Total	91,623
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipal code	265
Website	roskilde.dk

The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km², and it has a total population of 91,623 (2025). Its current mayor is Tomas Breddam. He is a member of Socialdemokraterne.

Neighboring municipalities are Egedal to the northeast, Greve and Solrød to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup to the east, Køge to the south and Lejre to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord.

Roskilde University is located in the municipality.

By January 1, 2007 the former Roskilde municipality was merged with Gundsø and Ramsø municipalities into the current one, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). The name of the new municipality is still "Roskilde Kommune". The town hall is situated in the city of Roskilde, at Køgevej 80. It is the former county hall of Roskilde County.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Roskilde	52,580
2	Jyllinge	10,701
3	Viby	4,814
4	Svogerslev	4,313
5	Gundsømagle	2,733
6	Vindinge	3,087
7	Gadstrup	2,006
8	Ågerup	1,746
9	Veddelev	1,134
10	Vor Frue	702

Economy

Companies with headquarters in Roskilde municipality

• DLF
• Argo
• Top-Toy A/S (Danish Division of MGA Entertainment)
• CRH Concrete (Danish division of CRH plc)
• Bankernes EDB Central
• Stryhn's
• Roskilde Forsyning
• DanÆg

Politics

Municipal council

Roskilde's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election	Party							Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	O	V	Ø
2005	11	1	2	4	2	10	1	31	71.8%	Poul Lindor Nielsen (A)
2009	10	1	3	7	2	7	1		67.7%
2013	13	1	1	1	3	9	3		73.7%	Joy Mogensen (A)
2017	16	1	2	1	3	6	2		74.1%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Government

Accident Investigation Board Denmark is headquartered in Roskilde in Roskilde Municipality.^[2]