Trekroner is a district in the north-eastern outskirts of

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

on the Danish island of

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

. The Trekroner district has been a major growth area of the city, expanding in the fields surrounding the campus of

Roskilde University Roskilde University (, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variet ...

. Since 2000, many new homes have been built, contributing to an overall planned total of some 3,500 houses. Although Trekroner featured as a development area in Roskilde's future planning back in 1947, it was not until 1972 that the university was established there. In 1988, Trekroner railway station, which had first been built for the industrial area to the south, was expanded to serve the students. The new housing estate known as Trekroner West (''Trekroner Vest'') was specified in urban development plans in the mid-1990s. It covered a total area of around divided up into 21 development units for housing, and facilities for up to 5,000 university employees and 15,000 students.

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