Taastrup (or Tåstrup) ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰɒstʁɔp] ) 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.
2-435: 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 2023 was 37,231 (excluding Hedehusene). Taastrup took its name from its rise on the lands north of the village of Taastrup Valby . Taastrup Valby means "Valby by (Høje) Taastrup", named "Taastrup Valby" to avoid confusion with other locations like Valby . The town
4-526: Is situated approximately halfway between Copenhagen and Roskilde , in proximity to the Copenhagen suburb/new town Albertslund , the town of Hedehusene and the villages of Ishøj Landsby, Sengeløse and Vridsløsemagle . [REDACTED] Media related to Taastrup at Wikimedia Commons 55°39′N 12°18′E / 55.650°N 12.300°E / 55.650; 12.300 Hedehusene Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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