Region Sjælland
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Region Sjælland | |
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Country | Denmark |
Seat | Sorø |
Largest city | Roskilde |
Municipalities |
17
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Area | 7,273 km² (2,808 sq mi) |
Population | 819,427 (2008) |
Established | 2007 |
Chairman | Kristian Ebbensgaard (Venstre) |
Time zone | CET (UTC1) |
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC2) |
Website : www.regionsjaelland.dk |
Region Sjælland (English: Region Zealand) 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 Sjælland consists of the former counties of Roskilde, Storstrøm, and Vestsjælland.
[edit] Municipalities
- Faxe municipality
- Greve municipality
- Guldborgsund municipality
- Holbæk municipality
- Kalundborg municipality
- Køge municipality
- Lejre municipality
- Lolland municipality
- Næstved municipality
- Odsherred municipality
- Ringsted municipality
- Roskilde municipality
- Slagelse municipality
- Solrød municipality
- Sorø municipality
- Stevns municipality
- Vordingborg municipality
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