List of Danish Provinces
The provinces [1] (Danish: Landsdele [2]) are NUTS statistical divisions, positioned between the administrative regions and municipalities. They are not administrative divisions, nor subject for any kind of political elections, but (mainly) for statistical use.[3]
This is a list of the eleven Danish provinces and the regions they belong to. There are five regions (EU standard NUTS 2) and eleven provinces (EU standard NUTS 3). The provinces Copenhagen City and Copenhagen surroundings are largely build up areas, the same applies also for large parts of East Zealand and North Zealand.
Although East Zealand belongs to healthcare Region Zealand (NUTS-2 level), does the province East Zealand (NUTS-3 level) in other respects (like public transport, road maintenance, metropolitan future planning, known as the Finger Plan of all versions between 1949 and recent, regional radio and television etc) belong to the Metropolitan Area of Greater Copenhagen, for statistical matters. This has been the case since 1970, but at that time were the East Zealand province, instead both an administrational and political unit, called Roskilde Amt.
Areas and population within the provinces
Province | Population (2013) | Area km2 | Population density indb/km2 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Copenhagen City | 728.243 | 169,6 | 4394 | |
Copenhagen Surroundings | 530.612 | 342,3 | 1550 | |
North Zealand | 450.245 | 1.449,0 | 311 | |
East Zealand | 239.016 | 807,7 | 296 | |
West & South Zealand | 577.710 | 6.414,9 | 90 | |
Bornholm | 40.305 | 592,3 | 68 | |
Funen | 486.709 | 3.478,7 | 140 | |
South Jutland | 715.800 | 8.777,3 | 82 | |
East Jutland | 851.769 | 5.841,4 | 146 | |
West Jutland | 425.769 | 7.164,3 | 59 | |
North Jutland | 581.057 | 7.878,6 | 74 | |
Provinces forming Copenhagen metropolitan area, although the four NUTS 3 provinces belonges to two different NUTS 2 regions, and the Baltic island, Bornholm is excluded.
The provinces Copenhagen City, Copenhagen Surroundings, North Zealand and East Zealand comprise together the Copenhagen metropolitan area. They are together both the planning area for the Copenhagen area, also known as the Finger Plan [4] and the Copenhagen Public transport area.[5] At their joint area of approx. 2770 square kilometres, very close to 2 million people lives. This is also the best area to use for comparissions with other cities of similar size.
Occasionally is also the East Jutland province, with around 850.000 inhabitants at 5.841 square kilometres, labeled as Greater Aarhus, however less than 40% of its population lives in Aarhus municipality.
References
- ↑ Choose "English" at
- ↑ In Danish at
- ↑ Eurostat at
- ↑ map of 2007 version at http://www2.sns.dk/udgivelser/2007/978-87-7279-780-9/html/bred07.htm
- ↑ http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/transportation/zones
- ↑ Area Areal for kommuner og regioner: Hovedtal - Danmarks Statistik
- ↑ Population (below the population pyramide)