Hovedstaden

Hovedstaden is a Region located at 55° 51' 42.41" N, 12° 18' 49.46" E. It is located in Denmark.

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Overview

Hovedstaden, the Capital Region of Denmark (Danish: Region Hovedstaden) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark. The Capital Region is not to be confused with the Copenhagen Metropolitan Area or the Øresund Region.

The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members.

The Capital Region was established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. This reform abolished the traditional counties (Danish plural: amter, singular: amt) and created five regions. As part of this reform 271 smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, reducing the number of municipalities to 98.

The reform dramatically diminished the power of regional governments while enhancing that of local governments and of the central government in Copenhagen.

Unlike the former counties (1970–2006) (Danish Amtskommune, literally 'county municipality') the regions are not municipalities and are thus not allowed to have a coat of arms, only logotypes.

The regions do not collect taxes and are financed primarily through block grants, they are unable to transfer money from one area of expenditure to another, and they must return any unused money to the central government. This makes the regions more like departments or agencies of the central government.