Denmark is divided into 13 counties (Danish: amter), and 270 municipalities (kommuner):

Copenhagen County comprises all the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality.

Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a county comprising the entire island. These six administrations merged on January 1 2003 forming the new Bornholm Regional Municipality. The island's current status resembles the status of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but both enjoy internal autonomy. Both are largely self-governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish Parliament.

See also the ranked list of Danish counties.

Reform

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A government proposal in 2004 called for the counties to be replaced by five large regions with health care as their sole responsibilities; two regions in Jutland, two regions in Zealand and one region covering Funen and the southernmost part of Jutland. The proposal also requires the municipalities to merge reducing them from 271 to about 100, with a minimum of 20,000 inhabitants in each municipality, although with room for exceptions.

The reform was confirmed by the Danish Parliament on February 24 2005.

List of counties

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|| Copenhagen || Copenhagen || Municipality || align="right" | 501,158 || align="right" | 91.3 || align="right" | 5,489.1 || Frederiksberg || Frederiksberg || Municipality || align="right" | 91,855 || align="right" | 8.7 || align="right" | 10,560.5 || Copenhagen || Glostrup || County || align="right" | 618,529 || align="right" | 526 || align="right" | 1,175.9 || Frederiksborg || Hillerød || County || align="right" | 378,686 || align="right" | 1,347 || align="right" | 281.1 || Roskilde || Roskilde || County || align="right" | 241,523 || align="right" | 891 || align="right" | 271 || West Zealand || Sorø || County || align="right" | 307,207 || align="right" | 2,984 || align="right" | 103 || Storstrøm || Næstved || County || align="right" | 262,781 || align="right" | 3,398 || align="right" | 77.3 || Funen || Odense || County || align="right" | 478,347 || align="right" | 3,485 || align="right" | 137.2 || South Jutland || Aabenraa || County || align="right" | 252,433 || align="right" | 3,939 || align="right" | 64.1 || Ribe || Ribe || County || align="right" | 224,261 || align="right" | 3,132 || align="right" | 71.6 || Vejle || Vejle || County || align="right" | 360,921 || align="right" | 2,997 || align="right" | 120.4 || Ringkjøbing || Ringkøbing || County || align="right" | 275,065 || align="right" | 4,854 || align="right" | 56.7 || Viborg || Viborg || County || align="right" | 234,896 || align="right" | 4,122 || align="right" | 57 || North Jutland || Ålborg || County || align="right" | 495,090 || align="right" | 6,173 || align="right" | 80.2 || Århus || Århus || County || align="right" | 661,370 || align="right" | 4,561 || align="right" | 145 || Bornholm || Rønne || Regional municipality || align="right" | 43,245 || align="right" | 587 || align="right" | 73.6 || Denmark || Copenhagen || Entire country || align="right" | 5,427,459 || align="right" | 43,093 || align="right" | 125.9

Key	Name		Capital	Status	Population	Area (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)

Note: Ringkjøbing County officially uses a different spelling than its capital city, Ringkøbing.

See also

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• DK

External links

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• Statistics Denmark
• Map of Denmark
• Explanation of Municipal Reform
• Map of new municipalities
• Useful linkguides ofir.dk
• Map of Faroe Islands
• Map of Greenland

Subnational entities in Europe | Counties of Denmark | Subdivisions of Denmark | Counties

Administrativní členění Dánska | Danmarks amter | Verwaltungsgliederung Dänemarks | Organización territorial de Dinamarca | Amter du Danemark | Danijos amtai | Provincies van Denemarken | Danmarks amter | Podział administracyjny Danii | Subdivisões da Dinamarca | Danmarks amter