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Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark, official translation) is an administrative region
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 ....
 of 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....
 established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties
Counties of Denmark

Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 county , and 270 Municipalities of Denmark . On January 1, 2007, the counties were replaced by five regions of Denmark and the number of municipalities slashed to 98....
 ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller 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."...
 were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform was implemented in 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....
 on January 1, 2007.

The new Region Hovedstaden consists of 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....
, the former counties of Copenhagen
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....
 and Frederiksborg
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 ....
, and the regional municipality of 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....
.

Without the remote island municipality Bornholm, located 140 km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 (80 miles) southeast of Copenhagen, the population is 1,603,008 on an area of 1,973 km² (762 sq.






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Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark, official translation) is an administrative region
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 ....
 of 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....
 established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties
Counties of Denmark

Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 county , and 270 Municipalities of Denmark . On January 1, 2007, the counties were replaced by five regions of Denmark and the number of municipalities slashed to 98....
 ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller 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."...
 were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform was implemented in 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....
 on January 1, 2007.

The new Region Hovedstaden consists of 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....
, the former counties of Copenhagen
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....
 and Frederiksborg
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 ....
, and the regional municipality of 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....
.

Without the remote island municipality Bornholm, located 140 km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 (80 miles) southeast of Copenhagen, the population is 1,603,008 on an area of 1,973 km² (762 sq. m.) with a density of 812.47 per km² (2,103 per sq m), as opposed to 642.64 (1,665) with all 29 municipalities included.

Before 2007, a Danish Capital Region, Hovedstadsregionen
Danish Capital Region

Hovedstadsregionen was the name of the greater metropolitan region around and including Copenhagen , Denmark. It included the counties of Copenhagen, Frederiksborg and Roskilde....
 did exist, but it did not cover exactly the same area.

The State Administration for Greater Copenhagen (Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden) represents the central Government in Region Hovedstaden and supervises the Region and municipalities. It is part of the Ministry of Social Welfare
Ministry of Social Welfare (Denmark)

The Denmark Ministry of Social Welfare was created after the Danish parliamentary election, 2007. It incorporates the previous Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of social Affairs, the Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs, and parts of the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs....
. The leader holds the post of Director (Forvaltningsdirektør) and has a university degree in law.

The primary function of Region Hovedstaden, as with all the regions of Denmark, is to run the region's hospitals, 15 in all.

Hospitals

The following hospitals sort under Region Hovedstaden.
  • Amager Hospital
    Amager Hospital

    Amager Hospital is located in Denmark on the island of Amager in Copenhagen. It was founded on April 1, 1997 with the merger of Skt. Elisabeth Hospital and Sundby Hospital....
     on the island of Amager
    Amager

    Amager is a Denmark island in the ?resund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to Zealand by several bridges....
    , 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....
  • Bispebjerg Hospital
    Bispebjerg Hospital

    Bispebjerg Hospital is one of the hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark. Along with a number of other hospitals and the University of Copenhagen , Bispebjerg Hospital forms part of the Copenhagen University Hospital....
     in Copenhagen
  • Bornholms Hospital
    Bornholms Hospital

    Bornholms Hospital is a hospital on the Denmark island of Bornholm's city of R?nne. Administratively, it falls under the domain of Region Hovedstaden along with hospitals in the greater Copenhagen area and northern Zealand....
     on the island of 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....
  • Frederiksberg Hospital
    Frederiksberg Hospital

    Frederiksberg Hospital is a medium sized government owned general hospital located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It has 380 beds and an emergency department....
     in 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....
  • Gentofte Hospital
    Gentofte Hospital

    Gentofte Hospital is located in Gentofte just outside of Copenhagen in Denmark. Administratively, it sorts under Region Hovedstaden. The hospital primarily serves the Municipalities of Denmark of Gentofte, Lyngby-Taarb?k, and Rudersdal municipality, with a population of about 175,000....
     in Gentofte
    Gentofte

    Gentofte Kommune is a municipality in Copenhagen on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km?, and has a total population of 68,913 ....
  • Glostrup Hospital
    Glostrup Hospital

    Glostrup Hospital is a hospital located in Glostrup near Copenhagen in Denmark, and is one of the hospitals sorting under Region Hovedstaden. It has a capacity of 512 beds....
     in 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....
  • Herlev Hospital
    Herlev Hospital

    Herlev Hospital is a hospital in Herlev, Denmark, close to Copenhagen. 120 meters tall, it is famous for being Denmark's tallest building, and the fourth tallest hospital in the world....
     in Herlev
    Herlev

    Herlev Kommune is a suburban municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 12 square kilometre, and has a total population of 26,567 ....
  • Hvidovre Hospital in Hvidovre
    Hvidovre

    Hvidovre Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 22 square kilometre, and has a total population of 49,380 ....
  • Nordsjællands Hospital in Esbønderup, Frederikssund
    Frederikssund

    Frederikssund Kommune is a municipality and a town on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark....
    , 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 ....
    , Elsinore
    Elsinore

    Helsing?r is a city in Helsing?r municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, whence the spelling 'Elsinore' originated....
    , and Hørsholm
    Hørsholm

    H?rsholm Kommune is a municipality in the Copenhagen Capital Region in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 31 square kilometre, and has a total population of 24,197 ....
  • Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri
    Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri

    Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri is a psychiatric hospital with centers spread all around the Region Hovedstaden of Denmark, mainly consisting of Copenhagen, northern Zealand, and Bornholm....
     - psychiatric hospital
    Psychiatry

    Psychiatry is a Medicine Specialty devoted to the Treatment of mental disorders, Biomedical research and Prevention of mental disorder. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808....
     with many centers around the region
  • Rigshospitalet
    Rigshospitalet

    Rigshospitalet , or simply Riget, is the national hospital of Denmark, located in the capital city of Copenhagen. Rigshospitalet is part of the Copenhagen University Hospital, together with the faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen....
     in Copenhagen
  • Sct. Hans Hospital in 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....


Municipalities

The following municipalities are located in the Region Hovedstaden. Note, however, that these do not sort under Region Hovedstaden.
  • Albertslund Municipality
  • Allerød Municipality
    Allerød municipality

    Aller?d Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 67 km?, and has a total population of 23,493 ....
  • Ballerup Municipality
  • Bornholm Regional Municipality
  • Brøndby Municipality
  • Copenhagen Municipality
    Copenhagen municipality

    Copenhagen municipality is the largest of the municipalities making up the city of Copenhagen. It lies at the center of Copenhagen and contains the old historic city....
  • Dragør Municipality
  • Egedal Municipality
    Egedal municipality

    Egedal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It covers an area of 125.79 km? with a total population of 40,533 ....
  • Fredensborg Municipality
    Fredensborg municipality

    Fredensborg Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 112 square kilometre, and has a total population of 39,240 ....
  • Frederiksberg Municipality
  • Frederikssund Municipality
  • Furesø Municipality
    Furesø municipality

    Fures? Kommune is a municipality in Denmark. It has a population of 37,667 and an area of 55.68 km? . The municipality belongs to the Region Hovedstaden and lies 20 km northwest of Copenhagen....
  • Gentofte Municipality
  • Gladsaxe Municipality
  • Glostrup Municipality
  • Gribskov Municipality
    Gribskov municipality

    Gribskov Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 278 km?, and has a total population of 40,512 ....
  • Halsnæs Municipality
  • Helsingør Municipality
    Helsingør municipality

    Helsing?r Kommune , is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 122 km?, and has a total population of 60,844 ....
  • Herlev Municipality
  • Hillerød Municipality
  • Hvidovre Municipality
  • Høje-Taastrup Municipality
  • Hørsholm Municipality
  • Ishøj Municipality
  • Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
  • Rudersdal Municipality
    Rudersdal municipality

    Rudersdal Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. It is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Copenhagen. It covers an area of 73 square kilometre and in 2008 a total population of 53,869....
  • Rødovre Municipality
  • Tårnby Municipality
  • Vallensbæk Municipality