Districts of Copenhagen
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Districts of Copenhagen are often based on informal designations based on historic origins, often with alternative names and loosely defined boundaries. Copenhagen Municipality
is divided into 10 official administrative districts but they often comprise areas of a heterogeneous character which are colegually not seen as one district. Some districts have earlier been official subdivisions and thus have semi-official boundaries. Copenhagen postal code
designations often correspond to district boundaries but in some cases differ from them, as an example parts of the city centre
has the postal code København V which is generally associated with Vesterbro.
, Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave
, Nørrebro
, Østerbro
, Amager Øst
, Amager Vest
, Valby
, Bispebjerg
, Vanløse
and Brønshøj-Husum
.
The districts serve administrative, statistical and tax purposes but are not borough
s since they are not self-governing, electorial or legislative subdivisions.
-bro. The -bro districts include Vesterbro
, Nørrebro, Østerbro and Amagerbro
on the northernmost part of Amager. The inner part of Frederiksberg
, though an independent municipality and not sharing the same suffix, is often also considered a -bro district.
They developed in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century after the demarcation line around the city's old fortifications
had been released and the fortifications decommissioned.
The four -bro districts correspond to the four former city gates Vesterport, Nørreport, Østerport and Amagerport, outside which they rose.
Through each -bro district run a -bro street (Danish: Brogade): Vesterbrogade
, Nørrebrogade, Østerbrogade
and Amagerbrogade
. They extend from the location of the old city gates and used to be country roads, leading in and out of town, but as the new districts rose, they were urbanized
and turned into busy shopping streets.
Copenhagen municipality
Copenhagen Municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city....
is divided into 10 official administrative districts but they often comprise areas of a heterogeneous character which are colegually not seen as one district. Some districts have earlier been official subdivisions and thus have semi-official boundaries. Copenhagen postal code
Postal code
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.In February 2005, 117 of the 190 member countries of the Universal Postal Union had postal code systems...
designations often correspond to district boundaries but in some cases differ from them, as an example parts of the city centre
Indre By
Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark...
has the postal code København V which is generally associated with Vesterbro.
Official districts
Copenhagen has 10 official administrative districts. They are: Indre ByIndre By
Indre By , also known as Copenhagen Center or K or Downtown Copenhagen or City, is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark...
, Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave
Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave
Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The district has an area of 8.22 km² and a population of 53,351.* Vesterbro* Kongens Enghave...
, Nørrebro
Nørrebro
Nørrebro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate , which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current Nørreport station.-Geography:...
, Østerbro
Østerbro
Østerbro is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day Østerport Station...
, Amager Øst
Amager Øst
Amager Øst is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It encompasses the part of Copenhagen located on the island of Amager, east of the major shopping street Amagerbrogade.Prior to an administrative reform in 2006-08, the district was known as Sundbyøster.Amager Øst holds within...
, Amager Vest
Amager Vest
Amager Vest is a district of Copenhagen, Denmark, located on the western part of the island of Amager....
, Valby
Valby
' is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, it is a heterogeneous mixture of different types of housing - including apartment blocks, terraced housing, areas with single-family houses and allotments, as well as remains...
, Bispebjerg
Bispebjerg
Bispebjerg is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the north border of the municipality. It covers an area of 5.39 km², has a population of 40,033, and a population density of 7,389 per km²....
, Vanløse
Vanløse
Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km², and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhagen, by population....
and Brønshøj-Husum
Brønshøj-Husum
Brønshøj-Husum is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the northwest border of the municipality. It covers an area of 8.73 km², has a population of 39,588...
.
The districts serve administrative, statistical and tax purposes but are not borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
s since they are not self-governing, electorial or legislative subdivisions.
-bro districts
In Copenhagen, -bro districts (Danish: Brokvarterer) refers to a ring of dense, residential neighbourhoods surrounding the city centre, named for their common suffixSuffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
-bro. The -bro districts include Vesterbro
Vesterbro
Vesterbro is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and city tax districts comprising the municipality of Copenhagen, Denmark...
, Nørrebro, Østerbro and Amagerbro
Amagerbro
Amagerbro is an area in the northern part of the island Amager and a district in Copenhagen. The area is known as a working class area, and has approximately 20,000 inhabitants. The district has 2 metro stations. Amagerbro station and Lergravsparken station....
on the northernmost part of Amager. The inner part of Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...
, though an independent municipality and not sharing the same suffix, is often also considered a -bro district.
They developed in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century after the demarcation line around the city's old fortifications
Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century)
The fortifications of Copenhagen underwent a comprehensive modernization and expansion in the 17th century. The project was commenced and largely masterplanned by Christian IV in the early 17th century but continued and completed by his successors...
had been released and the fortifications decommissioned.
The four -bro districts correspond to the four former city gates Vesterport, Nørreport, Østerport and Amagerport, outside which they rose.
Through each -bro district run a -bro street (Danish: Brogade): Vesterbrogade
Vesterbrogade
Vesterbrogade is the main shopping street of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends west for 1.5 km from the Rådhuspladsen along the municipal border with Frederiksberg to Pile Allé where it turns into Roskildevej...
, Nørrebrogade, Østerbrogade
Østerbrogade
Østerbrogade is the principal shopping street and thoroughfare in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends from Lille Trianglen at the north-eastern tip of The Lakes, passes Trianglen, and continues to Svanemøllen station from where it becomes Strandvejen.-History:Østerbrogade...
and Amagerbrogade
Amagerbrogade
Amagerbrogade is the main shopping street and thoroughfare of the part of Copenhagen, Denmark, which is located on the island of Amager . It begins at the end of the causeway which connects Amager to Christianshavn and the city centre on the other side of the harbour, and runs south until it...
. They extend from the location of the old city gates and used to be country roads, leading in and out of town, but as the new districts rose, they were urbanized
Urbanization
Urbanization, urbanisation or urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. The United Nations projected that half of the world's population would live in urban areas at the end of 2008....
and turned into busy shopping streets.
Other districts and neighbourhoods
Copenhagen is divided into numerous other informal districts, neighbourhoods and areas, some of which are well-defined by geographical or historical boundaries while others are not.Indre By
- Middelalderbyen
- FrederiksstadenFrederiksstadenFrederiksstaden is a district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century and it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in Europe....
- GammelholmGammelholmGammelholm is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in the city centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is bounded by the Nyhavn canal, Kongens Nytorv, Holmens Kanal, Niels Juels Gade and the waterfront along Havnegade...
- SlotsholmenSlotsholmenSlotsholmen is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, and part of Copenhagen Inner City. Bishop Absalon constructed the city's first castle on the island in 1166-67 at the site where Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament lies today...
- NyboderNyboderNyboder is a historic row house district of former Naval barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was planned and first built by Christian IV to accommodate a need for housing for the personnel of the rapidly growing Royal Danish Navy and their families during that time...
- ChristianshavnChristianshavnChristianshavn is an artificial island neighbourhood located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant's town with inspiration from...
- Asiatisk Plads
- Wilders PladsWilders PladsWilders Plads is an area located just north of Wilders Kanal, a branch of Christianshavns Kanal, in the north-western corner of the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark...
- Krøyers Plads
- Nordatlantisk Brygge
- HolmenHolmen, CopenhagenHolmen is an area in central Copenhagen, Denmark. In spite of its name, deceptively in singular, Holmen is a congregation of small islands, forming a north-eastern extension of Christianshavn between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager....
Vesterbro
- The Meatpacking DistrictMeatpacking District, Copenhagenthumb|Entrance to Øksnehallenthumb|Slagtehusgade, former slaughterhouses in the Brown Meat District, now housing various creative venuesthumb|Detail of main building, the White Kødby...
- HumlebyHumlebyHumleby is an enclave of terraced houses situated next to the Carlsberg area in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. They were built between 1885 to 1891 by the Worker's Building Society to provide healthy housing for the workers at Burmeister & Wain.The area consists of 235 three storey...
- CarlsbergCarlsberg (district)Carlsberg is an area straddling the border of Valby and Vesterbro districts in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 33 hectares and is the former industrial site of the Carlsberg Breweries, which decommissioned their Valby brewery at the end of 2008, concentrating their production of...
- Kalvebod BryggeKalvebod BryggeKalvebod Brygge or Havneholmen is a waterfront district in Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is part of the Kongens Enghave, the southern part of Copenhagen. The area was heavily developed in the 1990s and is dominated by large office buildings and parking lots...
- Havneholmen