Region Syddanmark

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country = Denmark
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capital = Vejle
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city_type = Largest city
city = Odense
part_type = Municipalities
part_count = 22
part = Aabenraa
part1 = Assens
part2 = Billund
part3 = Esbjerg
part4 = Faaborg-Midtfyn
part5 = Fanø
part6 = Fredericia
part7 = Haderslev
part8 = Kerteminde
part9 = Kolding
part10 = Langeland
part11 = Middelfart
part12 = Nordfyn
part13 = Nyborg
part14 = Odense
part15 = Svendborg
part16 = Sønderborg
part17 = Tønder
part18 = Varde
part19 = Vejen
part20 = Vejle
part21 = Ærø
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population_as_of = 2008
population = 1194659
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established_type = Established
established = 2007
leader = Carl Holst
leader_party = Venstre
leader_type = Chairman
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website = [http://www.regionsyddanmark.dk www.regionsyddanmark.dk]
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Region Syddanmark (English: "Region South Denmark") is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 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 January 1, 2007.

The merger of the Funish municipalities of Ærøskøbing and Marstal was given the go-ahead to be implemented on January 1 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 January 1, 2007.

Region Syddanmark 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).

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

Eksternal Links

----the english version of the Region of Southern Denmarks homepage [http://www.regionsyddanmark.dk/wm228983]