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The Regions of Denmark were created as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. The five regions replace the former counties (''amter''). At the same time, the number of municipalities (''kommuner'') was cut from 270 to 98. The reform was made effective on 1 January 2007. Unlike the counties, which they replaced to a large extent, the regions are not municipalities and therefore do not have the right to display coat of arms, but they do have logotypes. They do not themselves levy any taxes, but are financed partly by a tax levied by the central government and partly by their constituent municipalities. The archipelago of Ertholmene slightly to the northeast of Bornholm is not part of any region or municipality. Therefore, they do not pay the health care tax levied by the central government from 1 January 2007 and did not pay the tax levied by the counties prior to 2007 or any municipal taxes. The regions have the same layout as the five State Administrations (Danish: ''Statsforvaltninger''; singular: ''Statsforvaltning'') (See below). == List of regions == The naming of the regions in English are not uniform. The government often uses the Danish names〔E.g. (Denmark ) in the (Statistical Yearbook 2009 ), page 32〕 or directly translated English names (e.g. Greater Copenhagen, Zealand, North Jutland, Southern Denmark, Central Jutland).〔(English names of state administrations )〕 The regions themselves partially use other names in English, substituting 'Jutland' for 'Denmark', as shown below. Note: Area and population numbers do not add up. Area of water in Denmark is stated as being from 500 to 700 square kilometers (193-270 square miles). Land area alone is around 42394 square kilometers (16368 square miles). Christiansø and Frederiksø also included in Denmark totals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regions of Denmark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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