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Taastrup

Coordinates: 55°39′N 12°18′E / 55.650°N 12.300°E / 55.650; 12.300
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Taastrup
Taastrup New Church in September 2006
Taastrup New Church in September 2006
Taastrup is located in Denmark
Taastrup
Taastrup
Coordinates: 55°39′04″N 12°15′58″E / 55.65111°N 12.26611°E / 55.65111; 12.26611
CountryDenmark
RegionCapital (Hovedstaden)
MunicipalityHøje-Taastrup
Government
 • MayorMichael Ziegler
Area
 • Urban
13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
37,231
 • Urban density2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
 • Gender [2]
18,756 males and 18,475 females
 • Municipality
57,540
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2630
Area code(+45) 43
Websitehttp://www.htk.dk/

Taastrup (or Tåstrup) (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰɒstʁɔp]) is a Danish railway town and suburb of Copenhagen – 18 km west of Copenhagen's city centre. The town forms a twin urban area with neighbouring suburb Høje Taastrup, Taastrup rising since 1859 and Høje Taastrup rising west of the town, since the 1970s. The town/suburb development has engulfed the villages of Taastrup Valby, Høje Taastrup, Kragehave and Klovtofte, although Høje Taastrup still has a preserved village character around Høje Taastrup Church. The town is the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden; the seat placed in Taastrup first and since moving to Høje- Taastrup in the beginning of the 1980s. In 2023 a new town hall was opened on 14 February.

The town is growing closer to the town of Hedehusene, both towns developing towards each other, and both situated in the municipality. The population on 1 January 2023 was 37,231 (excluding Hedehusene).[1]

Taastrup took its name from its rise on the lands north of the village of Taastrup Valby. Taastrup Valby means "Valby by (Høje) Taastrup", named "Taastrup Valby" to avoid confusion with other locations like Valby.

Geography

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The town is situated approximately halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde, in proximity to the Copenhagen suburb/new town Albertslund, the town of Hedehusene and the villages of Ishøj Landsby, Sengeløse and Vridsløsemagle.

Notable people

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Twinned cities

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See also

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References

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Media related to Taastrup at Wikimedia Commons

55°39′N 12°18′E / 55.650°N 12.300°E / 55.650; 12.300