Ringkjøbing County

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Ringkjøbing Amt
Ringkjøbing Amt's coat of arms.
Basic Facts
County seat	Ringkøbing
Area	4,853 km²
Inhabitants	275,065 (2006)
Map

Ringkjøbing Amt (English, Ringkjøbing County) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland).

Note of terminology: A modern Danish spelling of the name would be Ringkøbing Amt, but the county officially used an older, traditional spelling, as opposed to the municipality of Ringkøbing.

List of County Mayors

From	To	County Mayor
April 1, 1970	-	Aage Ebbensgaard
-	-	Lars Agerskov
-	-	Anton Kristensen
-	-	S. E. Kristensen
March 1996	December 31, 2006	Knud Munk Nielsen (Venstre)

Municipalities (1970-2006)

v t e Counties (amter) of Denmark, 1970–2006

Amter	Århus Copenhagen Frederiksborg Funen North Jutland Ribe Ringkjøbing Roskilde South Jutland Storstrøm Vejle Viborg West Zealand

Municipalities (kommuner) with county privileges	Bornholm¹ Copenhagen Municipality Frederiksberg Municipality

¹ Local county abolished in 2003.

Coordinates: 56°05′N 8°15′E / 56.083°N 8.250°E / 56.083; 8.250

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