Ranked list of Danish counties
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Ranked list of Danish counties
The following lists rank the counties of Denmark
according to population, area, and population density.
Note: The municipalities of Copenhagen
and Frederiksberg
do not belong to Copenhagen County
.
The following lists rank the counties of Denmark
Counties of Denmark
Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 counties , and 270 municipalities . On January 1, 2007, the counties were replaced by five Regions and the number of municipalities slashed to 98....
according to population, area, and population density.
Note: The municipalities of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...
do not belong to Copenhagen County
Copenhagen County
Københavns Amt is a former county on the island of Zealand 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 Københavns...
.
List
| Rank | Name | Population | Percentage of national |
Land area (km²) |
Population density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Århus | 661,370 | 12.2% | 4,561 | 145 |
| 2 | Copenhagen Copenhagen County Københavns Amt is a former county on the island of Zealand 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 Københavns... (county) |
618,529 | 11.4% | 526 | 1,175.9 |
| 3 | Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... (city) |
501,158 | 9.2% | 91.3 | 5,489.1 |
| 4 | North Jutland North Jutland County North Jutland County is a former county in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, but with a relatively low population. The county seat was Aalborg, Denmark's fourth largest... |
495,090 | 9.1% | 6,173 | 80.2 |
| 5 | Funen Funen County Fyns Amt is a former county in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Odense and Svendborg. The county was abolished... |
478,347 | 8.8% | 3,485 | 137.2 |
| 6 | Frederiksborg Frederiksborg County Frederiksborg Amt is a former county in the north of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden .... |
378,686 | 7% | 1,347 | 281.1 |
| 7 | Vejle Vejle County Vejle Amt is a former county on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland and Region of Southern Denmark... |
360,921 | 6.6% | 2,997 | 120.4 |
| 8 | West Zealand West Zealand County Vestsjællands Amt is a former county in the west-central part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland Vestsjællands Amt is a former county (Danish: amt) in the west-central part of the island of Zealand... |
307,207 | 5.7% | 2,984 | 103 |
| 9 | Ringkjøbing Ringkjøbing County Ringkjøbing Amt is a former county 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 Ringkjøbing Amt (English, Ringkjøbing County) is a former... |
275,065 | 5.1% | 4,854 | 56.7 |
| 10 | Storstrøm Storstrøm County Storstrøms Amt is a former county on the islands of Zealand , Møn, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands in southeast Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Maribo and Præstø. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into... |
262,781 | 4.8% | 3,398 | 77.3 |
| 11 | South Jutland South Jutland County South Jutland County is a former county on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark.... |
252,433 | 4.7% | 3,939 | 64.1 |
| 12 | Viborg Viborg County Viborg Amt is a former county in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland... |
234,896 | 4.3% | 4,122 | 57 |
| 13 | Roskilde | 241,523 | 4.5% | 891 | 271 |
| 14 | Ribe Ribe County Ribe Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark .-List of County Mayors:-Municipalities :... |
224,261 | 4.1% | 3,132 | 71.6 |
| 15 | Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most... (city) |
91,855 | 1.7% | 8.7 | 10,560.5 |
| 16 | Bornholm Bornholm Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is... |
43,245 | 0.8% | 587 | 73.6 |
| Total | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
5,427,459 | 100% | 43,094 | 125.9 |