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Frederikssund Kommune (Danish pronunciation: [fʁeð̪ʁeɡ̊ˈsɔnˀ]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune)...

Frederikssund Kommune (Danish pronunciation: [fʁeð̪ʁeɡ̊ˈsɔnˀ]) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 260 km² and has a population of 44,246 (1st January, 2009). Frederikssund municipality belongs to the new Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region). The seat of its municipal council is the town of Frederikssund with a population of 15,283 (1st January 2009). The town is connected to the Hornsherred peninsula by the Kronprins Frederik bridge. Frederikssund is about 50 km north-west of Copenhagen, 20 km south of Hillerød and 30 km north of Roskilde. It is less than an hour from Copenhagen by either road or rail. S-trains (suburban commuter trains) leave about once every 10 minutes. Copenhagen Airport can be reached by road in about an hour and by rail in about an hour and a quarter. The low hills on which Frederikssund lies are formed of moraines from the last Ice Age. The shallow Roskilde Fjord which separates Frederikssund from Hornsherred