Taastrup

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.

CountryDenmark

Elevation

28 m (92 ft)

Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Postal code

2630

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Taastrup
Taastrup New Church in September 2006
Taastrup Location within Denmark
Coordinates: 55°39′04″N 12°15′58″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Capital (Hovedstaden)
Municipality	Høje-Taastrup
Government
• Mayor	Michael Ziegler
Area
• Urban	13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (2026)[1]
• Urban	38,328
• Urban density	2,860/km2 (7,410/sq mi)
• Gender [2]	19,315 males and 19,013 females
• Municipality	60,458
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2630
Area code	(+45) 43
Website	htk.dk

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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 2025 was 38,178 (excluding Hedehusene).^[1]

Taastrup's name is attestet from the 12. century and comes from -Thorstenstorp, simply meaning Thorsten's Village.