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Region South Denmark (Danish: Region
Syddanmark) 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.
Region Syddanmark consists of the former
counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland,
adding ten municipalities from the former
Vejle County. A total of 78 municipalities
were combined to a total of 22 new units.
Facts about South Denmark Region:
- The South Denmark Region consists of
22 independent local governments.
- The region has a total area of 12.191,2
- The region has a total population 1,2
mio - around 22% of the total population
in Denmark.
- South Denmark region is the port to
the European continent being connected
with Germany.

The municipalities
To know more about Southdenmark Region please
go to: www.regionsyddanmark.dk
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