Counties of Denmark

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Counties of Denmark

Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 counties

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
(Danish

Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
: amter
Amt (subnational entity)

"Amt" is a type of administrative division of some northern European countries. It is generally larger than a municipality, and the term is thus roughly equivalent to a U.S....
), and 270 municipalities

Municipalities of Denmark

Legal foundation of municipalitiesThe Constitution of Denmark states: "Article 82. The right of municipalities to manage their own affairs independently, under State supervision, shall be laid down by statute."...
(kommuner). On January 1, 2007, the counties were replaced by five Regions

Regions of Denmark

The Regions of Denmark were created on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform which created five new administrative units to replace the country's traditional thirteen Counties of Denmark ....
and the number of municipalities slashed to 98.

Copenhagen County comprised all the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality.

Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a county

Bornholm County

Bornholms Amt is a former county in easternmost Denmark....
comprising the entire island.

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Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 counties

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
(Danish

Danish language

Municipalities of Denmark

Regions of Denmark

Copenhagen County comprised all the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality.

Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a county

Bornholm County

Bornholms Amt is a former county in easternmost Denmark....
comprising the entire island. These six administrations merged on January 1 2003 forming the new Bornholm Regional Municipality

Bornholm

Bornholm is a Denmark island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming....
, giving it a status resembling the municipalities of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....
and Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg Kommune is a Municipalities of Denmark on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is part of the city of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 8,7 km? and has a total population of 95,029 , making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most populous one, and the most densely populated one....
. On January 1, 2007, these three municipalities lost their special status and their responsibilities and powers have been reduced to the same level as the 95 other municipalities.

Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
and the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe or Faeroes are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately half way between Scotland and Iceland....
are also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but both enjoy internal autonomy. Both are largely self-governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish Parliament

Folketing

The Folketing , or Folketinget, is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means ? People's Thing ??that is, the people's governing assembly....
. The Faroe Islands obtained self-government in 1948; previously the islands had the status of a Danish amt.

See also the ranked list of Danish counties

Ranked list of Danish counties

Ranked list of Danish countiesThe following lists rank the counties of Denmark according to population, area, and population density.Note: The municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg do not belong to Copenhagen County....
.

Reform

A government proposal in 2004 called for the counties to be replaced by five large regions

Regions of Denmark

Health care

File:Ear surgery on a patient.jpgFile:Monoclonal antibodies3.jpgHealth care, or healthcare, refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the Medicine, pharmaceutical, Dentistry, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions....
as their sole responsibilities; two regions in Jutland

Jutland

File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany....
, two regions in Zealand

Zealand

Zealand is the largest island of Denmark and the List of islands by area. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge....
and one region covering Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km? , is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the List of islands by area largest island of the world....
and the southernmost part of Jutland. The proposal also required the municipalities to merge reducing them from 271 to about 100, with a minimum of 20,000 inhabitants in each municipality, although some exceptions were made to this rule. From 2007 25 municipalities have fewer than 30,000 inhabitants each, with the average number of inhabitants being over 55,500 per municipality. Only Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
and Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
have more populous entities at the lowest political administrative level.

The reform was confirmed by the Danish Parliament on February 24 2005, and the counties were abolished on January 1, 2007.

List of counties (1970-2006)

	Capital	Status	Population (2006)	Area (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
1 Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....	Municipality	501,158	91.3	5,489.1
2 Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a Municipalities of Denmark on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is part of the city of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 8,7 km? and has a total population of 95,029 , making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most populous one, and the most densely populated one....	Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a Municipalities of Denmark on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is part of the city of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 8,7 km? and has a total population of 95,029 , making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most populous one, and the most densely populated one....	Municipality	91,855	8.7	10,560.5
3 Copenhagen County Copenhagen County K?benhavns Amt is a former county on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg....	Glostrup Glostrup Glostrup Kommune is a suburban municipality and town in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand approx. 10 km west of Copenhagen in eastern Denmark....	County	618,529	526	1,175.9
4 Frederiksborg County Frederiksborg County Frederiksborg Amt is a former county in the north of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden ....	Hillerød Hillerød Hiller?d Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 square kilometre , and has a total population of 46,568 ....	County	378,686	1,347	281.1
5 Roskilde County Roskilde County Roskilde Amt is a former counties of Denmark on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sj?lland ....	Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde train station is a major stop between Copenhagen and the region of Denmark located to its west. The city is an economic center for the region....	County	241,523	891	271
6 West Zealand County West Zealand County Vestsj?llands Amt is a former counties of Denmark in the west-central part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sj?lland ....	Sorø Sorø Sor? is a town in Sor? municipality in Region Sj?lland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The population is 6,996 . Both the municipal council and the regional council are located in this town....	County	307,207	2,984	103
7 Storstrøm County Storstrøm County Storstr?ms Amt is a former counties of Denmark on the islands of Zealand , M?n, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands in southeast Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April, 1970, comprising the former counties of Maribo County and Pr?st? County....	Nykøbing Nykøbing Falster Nyk?bing Falster is a southern Denmark city located in Guldborgsund municipality Commune . It belongs to Region Sj?lland. The city is geographically partitioned on two islands of Lolland and Falster, connected by the 295 meter long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway....	County	262,781	3,398	77.3
8 Funen County Funen County Fyns Amt is a former county in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, T?singe, ?r?, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited....	Odense Odense The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark. The name Odense comes from the Norse god Odin.Odense city has 158,163 inhabitants, as of January 1, 2008 and is the main city of the island of Funen....	County	478,347	3,485	137.2
9 South Jutland County South Jutland County South Jutland County is a former counties of Denmark on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark.The county was formed on April 1 1970, comprising the former counties of Aabenraa County , Haderslev County , S?nderborg County , and T?nder County ....	Aabenraa Aabenraa The city of Aabenraa or ?benr? is situated at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, in Denmark, 38 miles north of the town of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein....	County	252,433	3,939	64.1
10 Ribe County Ribe County Ribe Amt is a former Counties of Denmark on the Jutland peninsula of in southwest Denmark. It includes Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Syddanmark ....	Ribe Ribe Ribe is the oldest town of Denmark, situated in southwest Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, it was the seat of both the surrounding Ribe Municipality, and Ribe County....	County	224,261	3,132	71.6
11 Vejle County Vejle County Vejle Amt is a former counties of Denmark on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland and Region Syddanmark ....	Vejle Vejle Vejle is a town in Denmark and the site of the council of both Vejle Municipality and Region Syddanmark, located in southeast of Jutland Peninsula....	County	360,921	2,997	120.4
12 Ringkjøbing County Ringkjøbing County Ringkj?bing Amt is a former Counties of Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Counties of Denmark....	Ringkøbing Ringkøbing Ringk?bing is a town in Ringk?bing-Skjern municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The city has a population of 9,638 inhabitants ....	County	275,065	4,854	56.7
13 Viborg County Viborg County Viborg Amt is a former counties of Denmark in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland ....	Viborg Viborg Viborg may refer to:Viborg, Denmark, a city in Jutland, DenmarkViborg Municipality, a Danish municipality named for the cityVyborg, Viipuri or Viborg, a city on the Karelian Isthmus, Leningrad Region, Russia....	County	234,896	4,122	57
14 North Jutland County North Jutland County North Jutland County is a former Counties of Denmark in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula....	Ålborg	County	495,090	6,173	80.2
15 Aarhus County Aarhus County Aarhus County or ?rhus County is a former counties of Denmark in central Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland ....	Århus	County	661,370	4,561	145
16 Bornholm Bornholm Bornholm is a Denmark island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming....	Rønne Rønne R?nne is a town and former municipality in Denmark on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.The municipality covered an area of 29 square kilometre, and had a total population of 15,018....	Regional municipality	43,245	587	73.6
Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....	Entire country	5,427,459	43,093	125.9

Note: Ringkjøbing County
Ringkjøbing County

Ringkj?bing Amt is a former Counties of Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Counties of Denmark....
officially used a different spelling than its capital city, Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing

Ringk?bing is a town in Ringk?bing-Skjern municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The city has a population of 9,638 inhabitants ....
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Counties of Denmark

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List of counties (1970-2006)

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