[[File:Urban Copenhagen.PNG|thumb|Map showing the location of the urban area of Copenhagen]]
The '''urban area of [[Copenhagen]]''' (Also known as BigGreater Copenhagen) ({{lang-da|Storkøbenhavn}} or {{lang|da|Hovedstadsområdet}}), lying mostly in the [[Capital Region of Denmark]] but also in [[Region Zealand]], consist of [[Copenhagen]] and [[Frederiksberg]] municipalities and the former [[Copenhagen County]], except for the municipalities [[Høje-Taastrup]] and [[Ledøje-Smørum]]. In all, it consists of 18 municipalities, and except parts of [[Ballerup]], [[Greve Municipality|Greve]] (of former [[Roskilde County]]), [[Ishøj]], former [[Søllerød]] and former [[Værløse Municipality|Værløse]], mentioned with (the part of) their population included from 2007. Ishøj and Greve Strand are included for the first time since 1999. As of 1 January 2016, this area had a population of 1,280,371.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=768|title=Statistics Denmark: Copenhagen City/Urban Area (Københavns Kommune, Hovedstadsområdet), 2012 (tables: FOLK1, BEF44) |publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=31 May 2012|archiveurl=http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=768|archivedate=2012-05-31}}</ref> Statistics Denmark states that the definition of the urban area is based on UN's 200m definition.<ref>[http://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/Varedeklarationer/emnegruppe/emne.aspx?sysrid=766 1.2 Statistiske begreber] {{da icon}}</ref>
