Copenhagen
capital and largest city of Denmark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark. It is also the largest city in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the urban area. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand and the smaller island named Amager.
Copenhagen
København | |
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 Lesser coat of arms | |
  Copenhagen | |
| Coordinates: 55°40′34″N 12°34′06″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Capital (Hovedstaden) |
| Area | |
| • Municipal | 86.39 km2 (33.36 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 606.5 km2 (234.2 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (January 2018) | |
| • Municipal | 613,288 (details) |
| • Urban | 1,308,893 (details) |
| Demonym | Copenhagener [3] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1050–1778, 2100, 2150, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2450, 2500 |
| Area code | (+45) 3 |
| Website | www |
Founded as a Viking fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got City rights in 1254. A few years later, it was destroyed nearly completely. In 1443, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark. In 1801, there were more than 100,000 inhabitants in Copenhagen for the first time. In the 1960s, more than 700,000 people lived in Copenhagen Municipality, and today there are 528,000 inhabitants in the municipality. Near the city centre there is the famous Freetown Christiania.
Copenhagen is divided into 10 districts. The districts are:
- Indre By
- Christianshavn
- Vesterbro
- Nørrebro
- Østerbro
- Frederiksberg
- Amagerbro
- Hellerup
- Kastrup
- Bispebjerg
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