The provinces of Denmark () are statistical divisions of Denmark, positioned between the administrative regions (Regioner) and municipalities (Kommuner). They are not administrative divisions, nor subject for any kind of political elections, but are mainly for statistical use. Provinces are only used for Metropolitan Denmark (thus excluding its Atlantic autonomous territories).
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.
Provinces by region and municipalities This is a list of the eleven Danish provinces and the regions they belong to. NUTS-2NUTS-3CodeRegionCodeProvince Municipalities within the provincesDK01Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark) DK011Byen København (Copenhagen City) Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Dragør and Tårnby DK012Københavns omegn (Copenhagen surroundings)Albertslund, Ballerup, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Høje-Taastrup, Ishøj, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre and Vallensbæk DK013Nordsjælland (North Zealand)Allerød, Egedal, Fredensborg, Frederikssund, Furesø, Gribskov, Halsnæs, Helsingør, Hillerød, Hørsholm and Rudersdal DK014BornholmBornholm with ErtholmeneDK02Region Sjælland (Region Zealand) DK021Østsjælland (East Zealand)Greve, Køge, Lejre, Roskilde and Solrød DK022Vest- og Sydsjælland (West & South Zealand)Faxe, Guldborgsund, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Lolland, Næstved, Odsherred, Ringsted, Slagelse, Sorø, Stevns and Vordingborg DK03Region Syddanmark (Region of Southern Denmark) DK031Fyn (Funen)Assens, Faaborg, Kerteminde, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyn, Nyborg, Odense, Svendborg and Ærø DK032Sydjylland (South Jutland)Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen, Vejle and Aabenraa DK04Region Midtjylland (Central Denmark Region) DK041Vestjylland (West Jutland)Herning, Holstebro, Ikast, Lemvig, Ringkøbing-Skjern, Skive, Struer and Viborg DK042Østjylland (East Jutland)Favrskov, Hedensted, Horsens, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Samsø, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Syddjurs and Aarhus DK05Region Nordjylland (North Denmark Region) DK050Nordjylland (North Jutland)Brønderslev, Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and Aalborg
Provinces by area and population Areas and population within the provinces Province Population (2013) Area km2Population density Hab./km2 Copenhagen City 728,243 169.64,394 Copenhagen Surroundings 530,612 342.31,550 North Zealand 450,245 1,449.0311 East Zealand 239,016 807.7296 West & South Zealand 577,710 6,414.990 Bornholm 40,305 592.368 Funen 486,709 3,478.7140 South Jutland 715,800 8,777.382 East Jutland 851,769 5,841.4146 West Jutland 425,769 7,164.359 North Jutland 581,057 7,878.674
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 Planmap of 2007 version at and the Copenhagen Public transport area. 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.
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.
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.
Area Areal for kommuner og regioner: Hovedtal - Danmarks Statistik Population (below the population pyramide)
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