Skovbo Municipality


Skovbo is a former municipality in Roskilde County on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It covered an area of 132 km2, and had a total population of 14,873. Its last mayor was Ole Hansen, a member of the Venstre political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of [Borup, Køge Municipality|Køge Municipality|Borup].
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. The new municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland.