Holbæk is a town in Denmark and the seat of Holbæk municipality, in the northwestern part of Region Sjælland, with a population of 31,112 as of January 2026. It sits on the island of Zealand on the banks of Holbæk Fjord, an inlet of the larger Isefjord, and serves as a commercial and industrial center for the surrounding area, with rail service on the line from Roskilde to Kalundborg, a hub for regional bus routes, and an active seaport connecting by ferry to the island of Orø.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. GeoNames: Holbæk
GeoNames geonameid 2620147 (Holbæk), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Holbæk (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1236' on 'Holbæk'
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. Holbæk (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 55.7181, longitude 11.7103
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 11 m
View the Source4. GeoNames: Holbæk - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2620147
55.7175 11.71279 P PPLA2 DK 20 316 29608 15 Europe/Copenhagen
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 15 m
View the Source 5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 11.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 11.75
55.75 11.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Holbæk
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