Copenhagen

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
From upper left: Christiansborg Palace, Frederik's Church, Tivoli Gardens and Nyhavn
Lesser coat of arms
Copenhagen
Coordinates: 55°40′34″N 12°34′06″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Capital (Hovedstaden)
Area [1][2]
• 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.kk.dk

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.

Districts

Copenhagen is divided into 10 districts. The districts are:

• Indre By
• Christianshavn
• Vesterbro
• Nørrebro
• Østerbro
• Frederiksberg
• Amagerbro
• Hellerup
• Kastrup
• Bispebjerg

Famous people

Søren Kierkegaard (d. 1855), philosopher Niels Bohr (d. 1962), physicist Ejnar Hertzsprung (d. 1967), chemist, astronomer Victor Borge (d. 2000), entertainer Carl-Henning Pedersen (d. 2007), painter Jørn Utzon (d. 2008), architect Klaus Rifbjerg (d. 2015), writer Anker Jørgensen (d. 2016), prime minister Kim Larsen (d. 2018), singer, guitarist, songwriter Michael Laudrup, coach, footballer Peter Schmeichel, footballer Lars von Trier, movie director Lars Ulrich, musician