Caipital Region o Denmark

The Caipital Region o Denmark () is an admeenistrative region o Denmark established on 1 Januar 2007 as pairt o the 2007 Dens Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional coonties ("amter") wi five lairger regions. At the same time, smawler municipalities wur merged intae lairger units, cuttin the number o municipalities frae 271 tae 98. The reform wis implementit in Denmark on 1 Januar 2007.

 Owerview 
The Capital Region o Denmark consists o the municipalities o Copenhagen an Frederiksberg, the umwhile coonties o Copenhagen an Frederiksborg, an the regional municipality o Bornholm.

Athoot the remote island municipality Bornholm, locatit 140 km (87 mi) sootheast o Copenhagen, the population is 1,603,008 on an aurie o 1,973 km² (762 sq. m.) wi a density o 812.47 per km² (2,103 per sq m), as opposed tae 642.64 (1,665) wi aw 29 municipalities includit.

Afore 2007, a Dens Caipital Region, () did exist, but it did no cover exactly the same aurie an did no hae the same legal function.

The State Admeenistration for Greater Copenhagen () represents the central Govrenment in the Caipital Region o Denmark an supervises the Region an municipalities. It is pairt o the Meenistry o Social Welfare. The leader haulds the post o Director () an haes a university degree in law.

The primary function o Caipital Region o Denmark, as wi aw the regions o Denmark, is tae run the hospitals o the region, 15 in aw. In opposite tae for example the Unitit States an Australie, whaur the caipital region is a special federal destrict ootside the normal states, the Caipital Region o Denmark is merely a name o a normal region in Denmark.

 Hospitals 
The follaein hospitals in the Caipital Region o Denmark include:
 Amager Hospital on the island o Amager, Copenhagen
 Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen
 Bornholms Hospital on the island o Bornholm
 Frederiksberg Hospital in Frederiksberg
 Gentofte Hospital in Gentofte
 Glostrup Hospital in Glostrup
 Herlev Hospital in Herlev
 Hvidovre Hospital in Hvidovre
 Nordsjællands Hospital in Esbønderup, Frederikssund, Hillerød, Elsinore, an Hørsholm
 Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri – psychiatric hospital wi mony centers aroond the region
 Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen
 Sct. Hans Hospital in Roskilde

 Municipalities 
The follaein municipalities are locatit in the Caipital Region o Denmark but are no subordinate tae the region.
 Albertslund Municipality
 Allerød Municipality
 Ballerup Municipality
 Bornholm Regional Municipality
 Brøndby Municipality
 Copenhagen Municipality
 Dragør Municipality
 Egedal Municipality
 Fredensborg Municipality
 Frederiksberg Municipality
 Frederikssund Municipality
 Furesø Municipality
 Gentofte Municipality
 Gladsaxe Municipality
 Glostrup Municipality
 Gribskov Municipality
 Halsnæs Municipality
 Helsingør Municipality
 Herlev Municipality
 Hillerød Municipality
 Hvidovre Municipality
 Høje-Taastrup Municipality
 Hørsholm Municipality
 Ishøj Municipality
 Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
 Rudersdal Municipality
 Rødovre Municipality
 Tårnby Municipality
 Vallensbæk Municipality

References

 Freemit airtins 


Category:States an territories established in 2007
Category:Regions o Denmark