Halsnæs Municipality
Halsnæs Municipality
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| Coordinates: 56°N 12°E / 56°N 12°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Seat | Frederiksværk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steffen Jensen (S) |
| Area | |
• Total | 122.15 km2 (47.16 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2025) | |
• Total | 31,633 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Municipal code | 260 |
| Website | www |
Halsnæs Municipality (Danish: Halsnæs Kommune) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the Capital Region of Denmark. The municipality covers a total area (land and water) of 122.15 km2 (2013), according to Municipal Key Figures (De Kommunale Nøgletal (www.noegletal.dk)), and has a total population of 31,633 (1. January 2025). The municipality also includes the island Hesselø. Up to 20 km2 of the total area is water, as part of the largest lake in Denmark, Arresø, lies within the municipality. Its name comes from Halsnæs, the peninsula that forms the western part of the municipality.
The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Frederiksværk and Hundested. At first the merged municipality wore the hyphenated name Frederiksværk-Hundested, but it was changed to Halsnæs on 1 January 2008. Its mayor, as of 1 January 2018, is Steffen Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats political party.