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The Folketing (Danish: Folketinget, pronounced [ˈfʌlkəˌtsʰe̝ŋˀð̩]; lit. ' The people's thing ' or ' People's assembly '), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, [5] is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Map of Denmark. This article shows a list of cities in Denmark by population.The population is measured by Statistics Denmark [1] for urban areas (Danish: Byområder), defined as a contiguous built-up area with a maximum distance of 200 meters between houses, unless further distance is caused by public areas, cemeteries or similar.
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The Counties of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks amter) were former subdivisions of metropolitan Denmark and overseas territories, used primarily for administrative regions, with each county having its own council with substantial powers. Originally there had been twenty-four counties, but the number was reduced to roughly fourteen in 1970 – the ...
Constituencies (Danish: valgkredse) are used for elections to the Folketing, the national parliament of Denmark. [1] Denmark proper is divided into 10 constituencies largely corresponding to the Provinces of Denmark, (which themselves are statistical divisions of the regions of the country) each electing multiple members using open-list proportional representation. [2]
The average land area of a Danish municipality is 432.59 km 2, 167.08 square miles. The area given in each article about municipalities – and regions – is the total area of land and water, of which the latter can make up a large part for instance in Halsnæs Municipality.
Two cities, Chicago and Racine, Wisconsin, claim to be the home to the largest group of Danish Americans in the United States. Racine, 25 miles south of Milwaukee has the largest concentration of city dwellers with Danish origin. A number of other communities were founded by Danish Americans or have a large Danish American community, including:
Christiansborg Palace (Danish: Christiansborg Slot; pronounced [kʰʁestjænsˈpɒˀ ˈslʌt]) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament ( Folketinget ), [ 1 ] the Danish Prime Minister's Office , [ 2 ] and the Supreme Court of Denmark . [ 1 ]