Sorø

Sor? is a city in Sor? municipality in West Zealand County on the island of Zealand (Sj?lland) in east Denmark. The population is 6.996 (2003). Both the municipal council and the county council are located in this city.

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Sor?, while by no means the biggest city in West Zealand, has great historical value. It was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sor? Academy (Danish Sor? Akademi). The Academy is an educational institution built in 1140 together with Sor? Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon is buried and where Margaret I of Denmark was buried (later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde).

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Many people live in Sor?, but work either in the greater Copenhagen metropolitan area or the town of Roskilde.

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Sor? is scheduled to be regional seat for one of the five new regions to be implantated in Denmark January 1, 2007.

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Sor? municipality: Sor? municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the island of Zealand (Sj?lland) in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 149 km?, and has a total population of 15,386 (2005). Its mayor is Ivan Hansen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)...

West Zealand County: Vestsj?llands Amt (English: West Zealand County) is a county (Danish, amt) in the east-central part of the island of Zealand (Sj?lland) in eastern Denmark. It is one of the 13 counties of Denmark....

Zealand: :This article is about the Danish island. For the Dutch province, see Zeeland; for the Pacific island country named after that province, see New Zealand....