Roskilde Municipality () is a kommune in the Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.
The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km2, and it has a total population of 92,697 (2026). 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 1 January 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 53,897 2 Jyllinge 10,920 3 Viby 5,227 4 Svogerslev 4,316 5 Vindinge 3,219 6 Gundsømagle 2,877 7 Gadstrup 2,019 8 Ågerup 1,764 9 Veddelev 1,141 10 Vor Frue 708
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 Totalseats Turnout Electedmayor20051112421013171.8%Poul Lindor Nielsen (A)20091013727167.7%20131311139373.7%Joy Mogensen (A)20171612136269.97%202192513125372.8%Tomas Breddam (S)202571752233174.1%Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, valg.dk 2021 and 2025
Government Accident Investigation Board Denmark is headquartered in Roskilde in Roskilde Municipality."Frontpage ." Accident Investigation Board Denmark. Retrieved on 9 June 2009.
References
Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) Municipal mergers and neighbours: Eniro new municipalities map
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