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Encyclopedia > Municipalities of Denmark

Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner).


The municipalities listed below the county they are a part of (if any):


Bornholm (capital: Rønne)

  • Bornholm Regional Municipality has county privileges. It is comprised of the five former municipalities (Allinge-Gudhjem, Hasle, Nexø, Rønne and Aakirkeby) on the island Bornholm and the island's former county, Bornholm County. It was established on January 1, 2003.

Frederiksberg

  • Frederiksberg Municipality has county privileges and is a city in metropolitan Copenhagen.

København (Copenhagen)

  • Copenhagen Municipality has county privileges.

Frederiksborg County (capital: Hillerød)

Fyn County (Funen, capital: Odense)

København County (Copenhagen)- surrounds Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality.

Nordjylland County (North Jutland, capital: Ålborg)

Ribe County

Ringkjøbing County

  • Avlum-Haderup (capital: Avlum)
  • Brande
  • Egvad (capital: Tarm)
  • Herning
  • Holmsland (capital: Hvide Sande)
  • Holstebro
  • Ikast
  • Lemvig
  • Ringkøbing
  • Skjern
  • Struer
  • Thyborøn-Harboør (capital: Thyborøn)
  • Thyholm (capital: Hvidbjerg)
  • Trehøje
  • Ulfborg-Vemb (capital: Ulfborg)
  • Videbæk
  • Vinderup
  • Æblerød
  • Åskov (capital: Kibæk)

Roskilde County

  • Bramsnæs (capital: Ejby)
  • Greve (capital: Greve Strand)
  • Gundsø
  • Hvalsø
  • Køge
  • Lejre
  • Ramsø (capital: Viby)
  • Roskilde
  • Skovbo (capital: Borup)
  • Solrød
  • Vallø (capital: Hårlev)

Storstrøm County (capital: Nykøbing Falster)

Sønderjylland County (South Jutland, capital: Åbenrå)

Vejle County

Vestsjælland County (West Zealand, capital Sorø)

Viborg County

Århus County

Municipality Reform 2004

As of July 2004, the government is in the process of reforming the regions (the Municipality Reform, Kommunalreformen). The 13 counties (amter) will be replaced with 5 new regions (regioner), while the 271 municipalities will be consolidated into around 100 larger units of at least 20,000 inhabitants and take over most of the responsibilities of the current counties.



See also: Category:Municipalities of Denmark


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Helle municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (187 words)
Helle is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ribe County on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark.
The municipality covers an area of 281 km², and has a total population of 8,319 (2005).
Neighboring municipalities are Holsted to the southeast, Grindsted to the northeast, Ølgod to the north, Varde and Esbjerg to the west, and Bramming to the south.
DENMARK - LoveToKnow Article on DENMARK (20575 words)
Denmark, however, is nowhere low in the sense in which Holland is; the country is pleasantly diversified, and rises a little at the coast even though it remains flat inland.
Population.The population of Denmark in 1901 was 2,449,540.
Denmark was offered an alliance, the complete restitution of her fleet after the war, a guarantee of all her possessions, compensation for all expenses, and even territorial aggrandizement.
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