Taastrup
Sign in to saveTaastrup (or Tåstrup) () 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 Taastru
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Taastrup
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Taastrup_Nykirke_Denmark_3.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Taastrup New Church in September 2006
- Settlement.image_map
- Map DK Høje-Taastrup.PNG
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Capital (Hovedstaden)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Høje-Taastrup
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Michael Ziegler
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 13.4
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 31068
- Area
- 78.41
- Elevation
- 28
- Official website
- www.htk.dk
- Image
- Taastrup Nykirke Denmark 3.jpg
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Taastrup (or Tåstrup) () 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 2025 was 38,178 (excluding Hedehusene).
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