Zealand
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| name = Zealand
| native_name = Sjælland
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| category = Island
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| country = Denmark | state=
| region = [[Region Sjælland]]
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| district_type = Municipality | district_label=
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| area = 7031
| area_round = 0 <!-- rounding digits for calc. -->
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| lat_d = 55 | lat_m = 30 | lat_s = 0 | lat_NS= N
| long_d= 11 | long_m= 45 | long_s= 0 | long_EW= E
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| population_as_of = 2006
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
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| postal_code = <ref>Postal website www.Postnumre.dk.</ref>
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| map_caption = '''Zealand''' (Sjælland) island (map center) is linked west to [[Fyn]] by the [[Great Belt Bridge]] and east to Sweden by the [[Oresund Bridge]].
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| map_locator_x = 54.8
| map_locator_y = 75.5
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<!-- [[Image:DenmarkZealand.png|200x|thumb|right|Map showing location of Sealand within Denmark.]] -- includes Amager -->
'''Zealand''', properly '''Sealand''' ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''Sjælland''; {{IPA|[ˈɕɛˌlænˀ]}}) is the largest [[island]] (7,031 km²) of [[Denmark]] (excluding [[Greenland]], which is a Danish territory) and the [[List of islands by area|95<sup>th</sup> largest island in the world]]. Zealand is connected to [[Funen]] by the [[Great Belt Bridge]] and to Sweden by the [[Øresund Bridge]], it is also over there somewhere >.
The capital of Denmark, [[Copenhagen]], is partly located on the eastern shore of Zealand and partly on [[Amager]]. Other cities on the island include [[Roskilde]] and [[Elsinore]].
==Mythological Origins==
[[Image:Gefion.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Gefion fountain|Gefion]] carving Zealand from [[Sweden]].]]
In [[Norse mythology]], the island was created by the goddess [[Gefjun]] after she tricked [[Gylfi]], the king of [[Sweden]], as told in the story of [[Gylfaginning]]. She removed a piece of land and transported it to Denmark, and it became the island of Zealand. The vacant area was filled with water and became [[Mälaren]].<ref>[[Den Store Danske Encyklopædi]], article ''Gefion''</ref> However, since modern maps show a similarity between Zealand and the Swedish lake [[Vänern]], it is sometimes identified as the hole left by Gefjun.
==Geography==
On [[June 5]], [[2007]], the regional subsidiary of national broadcaster [[Danmarks Radio]] reported that a hill, [[Kobanke]], situated in the southeast near the town [[Rønnede]] in [[Faxe municipality]], with a natural point of terrain at 122.9 [[metre|m]] (403.21 [[foot|feet]]), was the highest natural point on '''Zealand'''. [[Gyldenløveshøj]], south of the city [[Roskilde]] has a height of 126 m (413.4 feet), but that is due to a man-made hill from the 1600s and its highest natural point is only 121.3 m (397.96 feet).
[[Image:Belte_inter.png|right |thumb|360px| '''Zealand''' island (dan.: Sjælland) among [[Danish straits]], other Danish islands, and Sweden]]
==Cities, towns and villages==
* [[Ballerup]]
* [[Birkerød]]
* [[Copenhagen]] (''København'')
* [[Egebjerg]]
* [[Elsinore]] (''Helsingør'')
* [[Espergærde]]
* [[Frederiksberg]]
* [[Frederikssund]]
* [[Frederiksværk]]
* [[Haslev]]
* [[Helsinge]]
* [[Hillerød]]
* [[Holbæk]]
* [[Hundested]]
* [[Humlebæk]]
* [[Kalundborg]]
* [[Kokkedal]]
* [[Kongens Lyngby]]
* [[Køge]]
* [[Nykøbing Sjælland]]
* [[Næstved]]
* [[Præstø]]
* [[Ringsted]]
* [[Roskilde]]
* [[Rørvig]]
* [[Skovlunde]]
* [[Slagelse]]
* [[Slangerup]]
* [[Solrød]]
* [[Sorø]]
* [[Tisvilde]]
* [[Vallensbæk]]
* [[Vordingborg]]
* [[Ålsgårde]]
==References==
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