Taastrup (or Tåstrup) is a Danish railway town and suburb of Copenhagen – 18 km west of Copenhagen's city centre. The town forms a twin urban area with neighbouring suburb Høje Taastrup, Taastrup rising since 1859 and Høje Taastrup rising west of the town, since the 1970s. The town/suburb development has engulfed the villages of Taastrup Valby, Høje Taastrup, Kragehave and Klovtofte, although Høje Taastrup still has a preserved village character around Høje Taastrup Church. The town is the administrative seat of Høje Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden; the seat placed in Taastrup first and since moving to Høje Taastrup in the beginning of the 1980s. In 2023 a new town hall was opened on 14 February.
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The town is growing closer to the town of Hedehusene, both towns developing towards each other, and both situated in the municipality. The population on 1 January 2025 was 38,178 (excluding Hedehusene).
Taastrup's name is attestet from the 12. century and comes from -Thorstenstorp, simply meaning Thorsten's Village.
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Towns around Taastrup
- Albertslund4.0 km E
- Ishøj5.0 km SE
- Vallensbæk6.1 km SE
- Hedehusene6.5 km W
- Glostrup6.7 km E
- Brøndbyvester6.8 km E
- Greve7.4 km S
- Ballerup9.9 km NE
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