Provinces of Denmark

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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 belong to. There are five regions (EU standard NUTS 2) and eleven provinces (EU standard NUTS 3). The provinces Copenhagen City and Copenhagen surroundings are largely build up areas, the same applies also for large parts of East Zealand and North Zealand.

Although East Zealand (NUTS-3 level) belongs to healthcare Region Zealand (NUTS-2 level), in other respects (like public transport, road maintenance, metropolitan future planning, known as the Finger Plan in all versions since 1949, regional radio and television etc.) it belongs to the Metropolitan Area of Greater Copenhagen. This has been the case since 1970, but at that time the East Zealand province was an administrational and political unit, called Roskilde Amt.

NUTS-2 NUTS-3
Code Region Code Province Municipalities within the provinces
DK01 Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark) DK011 Byen København (Copenhagen City) Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Dragør and Tårnby
DK012 Københavns omegn (Copenhagen surroundings) Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk
DK013 Nordsjælland (North Zealand) Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal
DK014 Bornholm Bornholm with Ertholmene
DK02 Region Sjælland (Region Zealand) DK021 Østsjælland (East Zealand) Greve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde and Solrød
DK022 Vest- og Sydsjælland (West & South Zealand) Faxe, Guldborgsund, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Lolland, Næstved, Odsherred, Ringsted, Slagelse, Sorø, Stevns and Vordingborg
DK03 Region Syddanmark (Region of Southern Denmark) DK031 Fyn (Funen) Assens, Faaborg, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense, Svendborg and Ærø
DK032 Sydjylland (South Jutland) Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen, Vejle and Aabenraa
DK04 Region Midtjylland (Central Denmark Region) DK041 Vestjylland (West Jutland) Herning, Holstebro, Ikast, Lemvig, Ringkøbing-Skjern, Skive, Struer and Viborg
DK042 Østjylland (East Jutland) Favrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Syddjurs and Aarhus
DK05 Region Nordjylland (North Denmark Region) DK050 Nordjylland (North Jutland) Brønderslev, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and Aalborg
The 11 Danish Provinces, also the 5 Regions can be seen

Areas and population within the provinces

Province Population (2013) Area
km2		 Population density
Hab./km2
Copenhagen City [a] 728,243 169.6 4,394
Copenhagen Surroundings [a] 530,612 342.3 1,550
North Zealand [a] 450,245 1,449.0 311
East Zealand [a] 239,016 807.7 296
West & South Zealand 577,710 6,414.9 90
Bornholm 40,305 592.3 68
Funen 486,709 3,478.7 140
South Jutland 715,800 8,777.3 82
East Jutland 851,769 5,841.4 146
West Jutland 425,769 7,164.3 59
North Jutland 581,057 7,878.6 74
  1. ^ a b c d Provinces forming Copenhagen metropolitan area, although the four NUTS 3 provinces belong to two different NUTS 2 regions, and the Baltic island, Bornholm is excluded.

The provinces Copenhagen City, Copenhagen Surroundings, North Zealand and East Zealand together comprise the Copenhagen metropolitan area. They are together both the planning area for the Copenhagen area, also known as the Finger Plan[2] and the Copenhagen Public transport area.[3] Close to 2 million people live in their joint area of about 2,770 square kilometres. This is also the best area to use for comparisons with other cities of similar size.

Occasionally the East Jutland province, with around 850,000 inhabitants in 5,841 square kilometres, is labeled as Greater Aarhus, however less than 40% of its population lives in Aarhus municipality.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Background - NUTS - Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  2. ^ map of 2007 version at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2012-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Zones".
  4. ^ Area Areal for kommuner og regioner: Hovedtal - Danmarks Statistik
  5. ^ Population (below the population pyramide)
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