Helsingør Municipality (a variant English name: Elsinore Municipality; Danish: Helsingør Kommune), is a municipality  in the Capital Region on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.
The municipality covers an area of 122 km², and has a total population of 61,538 (1 April 2014).
Its mayor as of 1 January 2014 is Benedikte Kiær, a member of the Conservative political party.
Locations
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Helsingør.
Other towns and villages include
Ålsgårde
Espergærde
Mørdrup
Skotterup
Snekkersten
Stenstrup
To the east is the Øresund, the strait which separates Zealand from Sweden.
To the north is the Kattegat.
Ferry service connects the municipality at the town of Helsingør east over the Øresund to the town of Helsingborg, Sweden.
The European routes E47 and E55 traverse the two cities.
Helsingør municipality was not merged with other municipalities due to the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
History
The town as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania.
He established the Sound Dues in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was made bigger in the 1580s and named Kronborg.
Kronborg Castle, known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's theatre play Hamlet, is today the town's main tourist attraction.
Politics
Municipal council
Helsingør's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
Economy
Local companies include the Noa Noa clothing company, Barslund, Bavarian Nordic and Peter Beier Chokolade.
Twin towns – sister cities
Helsingør is twinned with:
Harstad, Norway
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Sanremo, Italy
Umeå, Sweden
Uummannaq, Greenland
Vaasa, Finland
See also
List of protected areas of Helsingør Municipality
References
Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Official website
Helsingør tourist bureau
Category:Municipalities in the Capital Region of Denmark Category:Municipalities of Denmark
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