Copenhagen County

Copenhagen County Københavns Amt
Former county
Copenhagen County in Danmark
Area
• Total	526 km² (203 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	618,529

Københavns Amt (English: Copenhagen County) is a former county (Danish, amt) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden (i.e. Copenhagen Capital Region).

The county was seated in Glostrup.

List of County Mayors

From	To	County Mayor
April 1, 1970	...	Poul Storchholm
...	...	....
...	1993	Per Kaalund (Social Democrat)
1993	December 31, 2006	Vibeke Storm Rasmussen (Social Democrat)

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Municipalities (1970-2006)

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.

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