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

Assens Kommune	Kolding Kommune	Varde Kommune
Billund Kommune	Langeland Kommune	Vejle Kommune
Esbjerg Kommune	Middelfart Kommune	Vejen Kommune
Fan Kommune	Nordfyns Kommune	Tnder Kommune
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune	Nyborg Kommune	r Kommune
Fredericia Kommune	Odense Kommune	Aabenraa Kommune
Haderslev Kommune	Svendborg Kommune
Kerteminde Kommune	Snderborg Kommune

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