Counties of Denmark

Denmark was from 1970 to 2006 31 december divided into thirteen counties (amter) and 271 municipalities (kommuner), see Danish municipalities by province. The Division into thirteen (initially 14) provinces was at the administrative reclassification of 1 april 1970 arise. This reclassification was reduced the number of municipalities from 1386 to 275 and the number of provinces from 25 to 14. The classification of Danish: amter went back to Denmark in 1793. Provinces numbered The province of Copenhagen included the municipalities in the metropolitan area of Copenhagen, except the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.Bornholm is a regional municipality, which the five former municipalities of the island Bornholm included.

Greenland and the Faroe Islands also have an autonomous status in Denmark but hear and have two seats in the Danish Parliament.

Starting from 1 January 2007 Denmark is divided into five regions that have replaced the thirteen provinces. At the same time, the number of Danish municipalities was reduced from 271 to 98.