Avedøre

Avedøre is a south-western suburb of Copenhagen located in Hvidovre Municipality.

The city is mostly made up of concrete blocks and row-housing, but some people residing in Avedøre live in detached single-family houses with gardens. One major high-rise block called "Store Hus" (lit. English: Grand House) dominates the suburb's skyline. The city has a relatively high rate of crime and many inhabitants are unemployed ^{[citation needed]}. Approximately 16,000 persons live in Avedøre, and approx. 60% of the inhabitants is either immigrant or born by immigrants, mainly from Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Spain and Turkey.

Prior to 1 April 1974, Avedøre was an exclave of Glostrup Municipality. On that date, Avedøre was combined with neighboring Hvidovre Municipality.

Avedøre is served by Avedøre railway station, located on the Køge radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. The station is served regularly by trains on the A-line which have a journey time to central Copenhagen of around 15 minutes.^[1]

• Majid (born 1975) a Danish rapper of Moroccan-Berber origin, from Brøndby Strand, lives in Avedøre

55°37′N 12°27′E / 55.617°N 12.450°E / 55.617; 12.450

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