Skovbo is a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Roskilde County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. It covered an area of 132 km2, and had a total population of 14,873 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Borup.
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Neighboring municipalities were Køge to the east, Solrød, Ramsø, Lejre, and Hvalsø to the north, and Ringsted and Haslev to the west.
On 1 January 2007 Skovbo municipality, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), merged with the existing municipality of Køge to form the new Køge municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 255 km2 and a total population of 54,926 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").
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[edit]- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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