Of these, 501,158 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen, 91,855 in the Municipality of Frederiksberg, 68,623 in the Municipality of Gentofte and another 453,399 in 13 other nearby municipalities.
An even larger metropolitan region is known as the Copenhagen Region (Hovedstadsregionen), which consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, and the counties of Copenhagen, Frederiksborg and Roskilde.
The entire system is operated by the Greater Copenhagen Authority (Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd), covering the three counties and two municipalities of Hovedstadsregionen (Copenhagen Region) – 50 municipalities in total.