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North Denmark Region

Region Nordjylland
Location of North Denmark Region
KintraDenmark
CaipitalAalborg
Municipalities
Govrenment
 • ChairmanUlla Astman (Social Democrats)
Area
 • Total7933 km2 (3,063 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total579,628
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.rn.dk
Municipalities

North Denmark Region[2] or North Jutland Region[3] (Dens: Region Nordjylland) is an admeenistrative region o Denmark established on 1 Januar 2007 as pairt o the 2007 Dens Municipal Reform, which replacit the traditional coonties ("amter") wi five lairger regions. At the same time, smawer municipalities wur merged intae lairger units, cuttin the number o municipalities frae 271 tae 98. The reform wis implementit in Denmark on 1 Januar 2007.

Geography

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North Denmark Region consists o the umwhile North Jutland Coonty combined wi pairts o the coonty o the umwhile Viborg Coonty (the umwhile municipalities o Aalestrup Municipality, Hanstholm Municipality, Morsø Municipality, Sydthy Municipality, Thisted Municipality), an the wastren hauf o Mariager Municipality (in the umwhile Aarhus Coonty).

Municipalities

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References

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  1. FOLK1: Population 1 Januar database frae Statistics Denmark
  2. "The North Denmark Region". Archived frae the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. Dens state authorities uise baith the Dens name Region Nordjylland an the direct translation North Jutland Region in Inglis texts. The latter is an aw widely uised bi ithers, e.g. bi the umwhile Region Cooncil Chairman Archived 2010-10-15 at the Wayback Machine.

Freemit airtins

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Media relatit tae Region Nordjylland at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 57°N 10°E / 57°N 10°E / 57; 10