Until January 1, 2007, Bramsnæs was a municipality (Danish

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, kommune) in Roskilde County on the island of Zealand in east Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality, lying between Roskilde Fjord

Roskilde Fjord

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 and Isefjord

Isefjord

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, covered an area of 80 km², and had a total population of 9,391 (2005). Its last mayor was Flemming Jensen, a member of the Venstre

Venstre (Denmark)

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 (Liberal Party) political party

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Kirke Hyllinge. To the east is Roskilde Fjord and to the west is Isefjord.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined the following parish

Parish

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es: Gershøj, Hyllinge, Lyndby, Rye, Sonnerup, and Sæby parish.

Bramsnæs municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was be merged with Hvalsø

Hvalsø

Hvalsø is a town and a former municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The former municipality covered an area of 72 km², and had a total population of 7,856 . Its last mayor was Virginia Holst, a member of the Venstre political party...

 and Lejre

Lejre

Lejre is a town with a population of 2,343 and a municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðra. The municipality has an area of 240 km² and a total population of ca. 26,603 . Its mayor is Mette Touborg, representing the...

 municipalities to form the new Lejre municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 240 km² and a total population of 25,971 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

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("Zealand Region").