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Encyclopedia > Region Nordjylland
Region Nordjylland
Image:Region Nordjylland coa.png
Region Nordjylland's coat of arms.
Basic Facts
Region seat Aalborg
Area 7,818 km²
Inhabitants 572,617 (2003)
Website www.regionnordjylland.dk
Map
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Region Nordjylland (English: Region North Jutland) is a future administrative region created under the Danish Municipal Reform, which replaces the traditional counties ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities will be merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform will be implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007. View of Aalborg railroad station from J.F: Kennedy Place, 2004 Aalborg (Danish: Aalborg or Ã…lborg) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County on the south bank of the Limfjord, which connects the North Sea and the Kattegat, on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The new Region Nordjylland will consist of the current county of Nordjylland combined with parts of the county of Viborg (the current municipalities of Aalestrup, Hanstholm, Morsø, Sydthy, and Thisted). Nordjyllands Amt (English North Jutland County) is a county in northern Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Viborg and Nyslott County was a county in Finnish Karelia 1634–1743, returned to Finland 1812–1944 under the name of Viborg County Viborgs Amt (English Viborg County) is a county in western Denmark, in the north-central part of the peninsula of Jutland. ...



Future regions of Denmark (from 1 January 2007) Flag of Denmark
Hovedstaden | Midtjylland | Nordjylland | Sjælland | Syddanmark


 

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