Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. As of July 2018, the city has a population of 777,218 (616,098 in Copenhagen Municipality, 103,914 in Frederiksberg Municipality, 43,005 in Tårnby Municipality, and 14,201 in Dragør Municipality). It forms the core of the wider urban area of Copenhagen (population 1,627,705) and the Copenhagen metropolitan area (population 2,057,737). Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two
Copenhagen metropolitan area is the area which is strategically managed by the Finger Plan. The modern post 2007 version includes the four provinces "Københavns by" (Copenhagen city), "Københavns omegn", "Nordsjælland" and "Østsjælland", with a total land area of 2 778 km² and over 2 million inhabitants (16 March 2018;updated statistics from 1 January 2018 on cities (Danish "byer", (singular) "by") published later). It should not be confused with the Øresund Region or the Capital Region of Denmark. The area has been planned according to the Finger Plan, which has given it six fingers of S-trains and a western connection S-line ("Ringbanen" or line