Greve Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) south of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 60 km², and has a total population of 47,671 (2005). Its mayor is Hans Barlach, a member of the De Konservative (The Conservative Party) political party.
The site of its municipal council is the town of Greve.
Greve Municipality was formed in 1970 as part of the kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") of that year. It was established out of the following parishes:
Greve municipality was one of the municipalities that was not merged with any others on January 1, 2007 in the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).
Until the 1960s the area was primarily agricultural. Today, it serves primarily as a residential municipality, functioning as a suburb for the larger Copenhagen area.
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Image:Luftfoto af Hundige.jpg|Aerial photo of Hundige, an area of Greve Municipality.
Image:Luftfoto af Greve Midtby.jpg|Aerial photo Greve Midtby, april 1999.
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