Region Syddanmark

Region of Southern Denmark (Danish: Region Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 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 1 January 2007, although the merger of the Funish municipalities of Ærøskøbing and Marstal was given the go-ahead to be implemented on 1 January 2006, one year before the main reform. Region of Southern Denmark consists of the former counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland, adding ten municipalities from the former Vejle County....