Region Hovedstaden

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city_type = Largest city
city = Copenhagen
part_type = Municipalities
part_count = 29
part = Albertslund
part1 = Allerød
part2 = Ballerup
part3 = Bornholm
part4 = Brøndby
part5 = Copenhagen
part6 = Dragør
part7 = Egedal
part8 = Fredensborg
part9 = Frederiksberg
part10 = Frederikssund
part11 = Frederiksværk-Hundested
part12 = Furesø
part13 = Gentofte
part14 = Gladsaxe
part15 = Glostrup
part16 = Gribskov
part17 = Helsingør
part18 = Herlev
part19 = Hillerød
part20 = Hvidovre
part21 = Høje-Taastrup
part22 = Hørsholm
part23 = Ishøj
part24 = Lyngby-Taarbæk
part25 = Rudersdal
part26 = Rødovre
part27 = Tårnby
part28 = Vallensbæk
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population_as_of = 2008
population = 1645825
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established_type = Established
established = 2007
leader = Vibeke Storm Rasmussen
leader_party = Social Democrats
leader_type = Chairman

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website = [http://www.regionhovedstaden.dk www.regionhovedstaden.dk]
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Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region of Denmark", official translation) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 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 January 1, 2007.

The new Region Hovedstaden consists of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, the former counties of Copenhagen and Frederiksborg, and the regional municipality of Bornholm.

Without the remote island municipality Bornholm, located 140 km (80 miles) southeast of Copenhagen, the population is 1,603,008 on an area of 1,973 km² (762 sq. m.) with a density of 812.47 per km² (2,103 per sq m), as opposed to 642.64 (1,665) with all 29 municipalities included.

Before 2007, a "Danish Capital Region", Hovedstadsregionen did exist, but it did not cover exactly the same area.

The State Administration for Greater Copenhagen ("Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden") represents the central Government in Region Hovedstaden and supervises the Region and municipalities. It is part of the Ministry of Social Welfare. The leader holds the post of Director ("Forvaltningsdirektør") and has a university degree in law.

The primary function of Region Hovedstaden, as with all the regions of Denmark, is to run the region's hospitals, 15 in all.

Hospitals

The following hospitals sort under Region Hovedstaden.
* Amager Hospital on the island of Amager, Copenhagen
* Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen
* Bornholms Hospital on the island of Bornholm
* Frederiksberg Hospital in Frederiksberg
* Gentofte Hospital in Gentofte
* Glostrup Hospital in Glostrup
* Herlev Hospital in Herlev
* Hvidovre Hospital in Hvidovre
* Nordsjællands Hospital in Esbønderup, Frederikssund, Hillerød, Elsinore, and Hørsholm
* Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri - psychiatric hospital with many centers around the region
* Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen
* Sct. Hans Hospital in Roskilde

Municipalities

The following municipalities are located in the Region Hovedstaden. Note, however, that these do not sort under Region Hovedstaden.
* Albertslund municipality
* Allerød municipality
* Ballerup municipality
* Bornholm regional municipality
* Brøndby municipality
* Copenhagen municipality
* Dragør municipality
* Egedal municipality
* Fredensborg municipality
* Frederiksberg municipality
* Frederikssund municipality
* Furesø municipality
* Gentofte municipality
* Gladsaxe municipality
* Glostrup municipality
* Gribskov municipality
* Halsnæs municipality
* Helsingør municipality
* Herlev municipality
* Hillerød municipality
* Hvidovre municipality
* Høje-Taastrup municipality
* Hørsholm municipality
* Ishøj municipality
* Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality
* Rudersdal municipality
* Rødovre municipality
* Tårnby municipality
* Vallensbæk municipality

Regions of Denmark