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but they often comprise areas of a heterogeneous character which are informally not seen as one district. Some districts have earlier been official subdivisions and thus have semi-official boundaries. Copenhagen
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Copenhagen is divided into numerous other informal districts, neighbourhoods and areas, some of which are well-defined by geographical or historical boundaries while others are not.
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districts (Danish: Brokvarterer) refers to a ring of dense, residential neighbourhoods surrounding the city centre, named for their common
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are often based on informal designations based on historic origins, often with alternative names and loosely defined boundaries.
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designations often correspond to district boundaries but in some cases differ from them, as an example parts of the
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They developed in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century after the
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The districts serve administrative, statistical and tax purposes but are not
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Copenhagen Municipality has ten official administrative districts. They are:
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since they are not self-governing, electoral or legislative subdivisions.
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has the postal code København V which is generally associated with
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had been released and the fortifications decommissioned.
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on the northernmost part of Amager. The inner part of
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Index

Copenhagen Municipality
official administrative districts
postal code
city centre
Vesterbro

Frederiksberg
Indre By
Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave
Nørrebro
Østerbro
Amager Øst
Amager Vest
Valby
Bispebjerg
Vanløse
Brønshøj-Husum
boroughs
suffix
Vesterbro
Amagerbro
Frederiksberg
demarcation line
old fortifications
Vesterport
Nørreport
Østerport
Amagerport
Vesterbrogade
Nørrebrogade

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