![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Research Home
Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display](/research/tools/vocabularies/images/header_tgn_record_display.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![Previous Page](/research/tools/vocabularies/images/previous_page.gif) |
![Help](/global/images/global_help.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Vernacular Display | English Display |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
![](/global/images/ghost.gif) |
Click the icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
![Hierarchy of Roskilde (former administrative division)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Roskilde (former administrative division) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 55 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 012 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.0833 decimal degrees |
|
Note: 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 measured some 344 square miles. The 2004 estimated population was 224,700. In 2007, all counties in Denmark were eliminated and five large regions created. |
Names: |
|
Roskilde Amt (preferred,C,U,O)
|
Røkilde (C,V)
|
Roskilde county (C,O,display,English,U,N)
|
Roskilde (C,V,English-P,U,N)
|
Roskilde (Danish-P,U,N)
|
Roskilde Amtsraadskreds (C,U)
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
![Hierarchy of Roskilde (former administrative division)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
............ |
Roskilde (former administrative division) (P) |
|
Additional Parents: |
|
![Hierarchy of Roskilde (former administrative division)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
................ |
Roskilde (former administrative division) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
former administrative division (preferred, C) |
|
county (H) |
............ |
established 1970 |
first level subdivision (H) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|