Copenhagen metropolitan area Copenhagen metropolitan area The Copenhagen metropolitan area or Metropolitan Copenhagen (, literally "The Capital Area") is a large commuter belt (the area in which it is practical to commute to work) surrounding Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It includes Copenhagen Municipality, Frederiksberg and surrounding municipalities stretching westward across Zealand. It has densely-populated core surrounded by suburban settlements. According to OECD, the Copenhagen Metropolitan Region had close to 2.4 million inhabitants in 2005, which is the largest metropolitan area of any Scandinavian city. The metropolitan area has several current definitions and also some historical, now defunct, definitions. The most widely accepted
Ministry of Environment (Denmark) name. In a press release on 21 March 2007, the ministry announced that it would be hosting the COP-15 summit in 2009. COP 15 took place in Copenhagen from 7 December to 18 December 2009. Ministry of Environment (Denmark) Ministry of the Environment of Denmark () is the Danish ministry in charge of near all matters concerning Environmental issues in Denmark. The head office is in Copenhagen. Created in 1971 as the Ministry of Pollution Combating (""Ministeriet for forureningsbekæmpelse""), it changed its name in 1973 to the current Ministry of the Environment. However, from 1994 to 2005 it was known