Place details
Place nameRoskilde
Other namesRøkilde, Roskilde county
CountryDanmark
Latitude55.5
Longitude12.083
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
The county commune of Roskilde on the eastern part of the island of Zealand was created in 1970 from the Roskilde county council district of the former Copenhagen county, and northern portion of the former Praestø county. The county measures some 344 square miles. The 2004 estimated population was 224,700.