Region of Southern Denmark
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Country	Denmark
Largest city	Odense
Capital	Vejle
Municipalities	22 Aabenraa Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle Ærø
Government
- Chairman	Carl Holst (Venstre)
Area
- Total	12,191 km2 (4,707 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	1,194,659
- Density	98/km2 (253.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.regionsyddanmark.dk

Region of Southern Denmark^[1] (Danish: Region Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform was implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Municipalities 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The merger of the Funish municipalities of Ærøskøbing and Marstal was given the go-ahead to be implemented on 1 January 2006, one year before the main reform. This reduced the number of municipalities to 270. Of these, 32 remained as they were and 238 merged 1 January 2007.

[edit] Geography

Region of Southern Denmark consists of the former counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland, adding ten municipalities from the former Vejle County. The territories formerly belonging to Vejle County consist of the new municipalities of Fredericia (unchanged by the reform), Vejle (a merger of Vejle, Børkop, parts of Egtved, Give, and Jelling) and Kolding (a merger of Kolding, parts of Lunderskov, Vamdrup, and parts of both Egtved and Christiansfeld - the latter from South Jutland County). A total of 78 municipalities were combined to a total of 22 new entities (listed below).

[edit] Municipalities

• Aabenraa Municipality
• Assens Municipality
• Billund Municipality
• Esbjerg Municipality
• Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality
• Fanø Municipality
• Fredericia Municipality
• Haderslev Municipality
• Kerteminde Municipality
• Kolding Municipality
• Langeland Municipality
• Middelfart Municipality
• Nordfyn Municipality
• Nyborg Municipality
• Odense Municipality
• Svendborg Municipality
• Sønderborg Municipality
• Tønder Municipality
• Varde Municipality
• Vejen Municipality
• Vejle Municipality
• Ærø Municipality

[edit] References

1. ^ The Region of Southern Denmark

[edit] External links

• Media related to Region Syddanmark at Wikimedia Commons
• Region of Southern Denmarks homepage (english version)

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Coordinates: 55°20′N 9°40′E / 55.333°N 9.667°E / 55.333; 9.667

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