Finger Plan
The area has been planned according the Finger Plan, which has given it six fingers of S-trains and a western connection S-line (Ringbanen or line F). Urbanization stretching out from central Copenhagen. One railroad and two metro lines over Amager been formed. The Amager railroad continues to Sweden by bridge.
Copenhagen metropolitan area is the largest of the commonly used definitions for the Copenhagen area. It has been defined administratively by the former Capital Region and is also known locally as HT-området (Capital Traffic area) because it is the zone where the capital traffic company formerly known as HT operates (now Movia), and is therefore the limit for how far you can go on a Copenhagen bus or train-ticket. Until 2007 the area consisted of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg Municipalities, Copenhagen County, Frederiksborg County and Roskilde County. After the municipality reform of Denmark 1 January 2007, the Danish counties were abolished and Vallø municipality which was a part of the metropolitan area was merged with Stevns municipality which was outside the metropolitan area and the new Stevns municipality became a part of the metropolitan area.
Copenhagen metropolitan area now consists of 28 of the 29 municipalities of the Capital Region (all except Bornholm) and the municipalities of Greve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde, Solrød and Stevns from the Region Zealand.
By this definition, the metropolitan area has a population of 1,950,522 (as of 1 January 2013) covering an area of 3030 km² over 34 municipalities with a density of 644/km² (1,670/sq mi).
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