Region of Southern Denmark
Region Syddanmark | ||
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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 | Stephanie Lose (Venstre) | |
| Area | ||
• Total |
12,191 km2 (4,707 sq mi) | |
The Region of Southern Denmark[2] (Danish: Region Syddanmark; German: Region Süddänemark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 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 before 1 January 2006 to 98. The reform was implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007, although the merger of the Funish municipalities of Ærøskøbing and Marstal, being a part of the reform, was given the go-ahead to be implemented on Sunday 1 January 2006, one year before the main reform.
The regional capital is Vejle but Odense is the region's largest city and home to the main campus of the University of Southern Denmark with branch campuses in Esbjerg, Kolding and Sønderborg. The responsibilities of the regional administration include hospitals and regional public transport, which is divided between two operators, Sydtrafik on the mainland and Als, and Fynbus on Funen and adjacent islands. From 1 January 2018 Fanø Municipality will take over the responsibilities of public transport/mass transit on the island.
Geography[]
The Region of Southern Denmark is the westernmost of the Danish administrative regions (Region Zealand being the southernmost).
It 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).
Logo of the Southern Denmark Region
GDP per capita[]
The GDP per inhabitants of this region raised 32.600 € in 2009.
North Schleswig Germans[]
The Region of Southern Denmark is home to the only officially recognised ethno-linguistic minority of Denmark proper, the North Schleswig Germans of North Schleswig. This minority makes up about 6% of the total population of the municipalities of Aabenraa/Apenrade, Haderslev/Hadersleben, Sønderborg/Sonderburg and Tønder/Tondern. In these four municipalities, the German minority enjoys certain linguistic rights in accordance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
See also[]
- University of Southern Denmark
References[]
- ^ FOLK1: Population 1 October database from Statistics Denmark
- ^ The Region of Southern Denmark
External links[]
Media related to Region Syddanmark at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (English)
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