Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde Municipality (Roskilde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in east Denmark.

The biggest city is Roskilde, the municipality covers an area of 212 km2, and it has a total population of 90,931 (2024). Its current mayor is Tomas Breddam. He is a member of Socialdemokraterne.

Neighboring municipalities are Egedal to the northeast, Greve and Solrød to the southeast, Høje-Taastrup to the east, Køge to the south and Lejre to the west. To the north-west is Roskilde Fjord.

Roskilde University is located in the municipality.

By January 1, 2007 the former Roskilde municipality was merged with Gundsø and Ramsø municipalities into the current one, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007). The name of the new municipality is still "Roskilde Kommune". The town hall is situated in the city of Roskilde, at Køgevej 80. It is the former county hall of Roskilde County.

Urban areas
The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

Economy
Companies with headquarters in Roskilde municipality
 * DLF
 * Argo
 * Top-Toy A/S (Danish Division of MGA Entertainment)
 * CRH Concrete (Danish division of CRH plc)
 * Bankernes EDB Central
 * Stryhn's
 * Roskilde Forsyning
 * DanÆg

Municipal council
Roskilde's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Government
Accident Investigation Board Denmark is headquartered in Roskilde in Roskilde Municipality.