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The five Regions of Denmark (Danish: regioner) were created as administrative entities at a level above the municipalities and below the central government in the public sector as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, when the 13 counties (amter) were abolished. At the same time, the number of municipalities (kommuner) was cut from 270 ...
105,989 km 2 (40,923 sq mi) (excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland) Denmark is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe. It consists of the Jutland Peninsula and several islands in the Baltic Sea, referred [citation needed] to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark is located southwest of Sweden and due south of Norway and is bordered by the ...
Denmark has flat, arable land, sandy coasts, low elevations, and a temperate climate. Denmark exercises hegemonic influence in the Danish Realm, devolving powers to handle internal affairs. Home rule was established in the Faroe Islands in 1948 and in Greenland in 1979; the latter obtained further autonomy in 2009.
The provinces of Denmark (Danish: Landsdele) are statistical divisions of Denmark, positioned between the administrative regions and municipalities. They are not administrative divisions, nor subject for any kind of political elections, but are mainly for statistical use. [1] This is a list of the eleven Danish provinces and the regions they ...
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit.'the North') [ 2 ] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [ a ] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of ...
The Region of Southern Denmark is the westernmost of the Danish administrative regions (Region Zealand being the southernmost). It consists of the former counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland, adding ten municipalities from the former Vejle County. The territories formerly belonging to Vejle County consist of the new municipalities of ...
The Central Denmark Region (Danish: Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region[5] and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, [6][7][8][9] is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform. The reform abolished the traditional counties (amter) and replaced ...
This is a list of regions of Denmark by Human Development Index as of 2023 with data for the year 2022. [1] There are 5 regions of Denmark in total, all of which exceed very high development on the Human Development Index. In 2022, The Capital Region of Denmark had the highest development of any region. Denmark was ranked 5th on the Human ...