Køge travel guide

Køge is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population of 54,926 (2005). Until January 2007, its mayor was Torben Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who died while still in office. He was replaced by Marie Stærke, who at age 27 is currently Denmark's youngest mayor.http://www.koege.dk/297897/
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Køge. Other agglomerations in the municipality include Køge Nord (Ølby and Ølsemagle), Lille Skensved, Lellinge, Algestrup, Herfølge and Hastrup.
As a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), on January 1, 2007, the prior Køge municipality was merged with Skovbo municipality to form the new Køge municipality. (...) » more