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The Oresund Region (Øresundsregionen in Danish or Öresundsregionen in Swedish) is a transnational region in southern Scandinavia located by the shores of the Oresund strait. The eastern part is constituted by Skåne County in Sweden and the western part is located on the Danish island of Zealand, connected by the Oresund Bridge.

The region was last united under one flag, Denmark's, in 1658. Skåne has belonged to Sweden since 1658 when the Treaty of Roskilde was signed.

[edit] Statistics

Region	Population	Area	Density
Danish Capital Region	1,823,109	2,864 km²	636.5/km²
Remainder	608,036	6,970 km²	87.2/km²
Total for Danish part:	2,431,145	9,834 km²	247.2/km²
South Skåne	683,886	2,680 km²	255.1/km²
West Skåne	305,982	2,730 km²	112.1/km²
North-East Skåne	162,829	3,705 km²	43.9/km²
Total for Swedish part:	1,125,697	11,035 km²	102.0/km²
Grand Total	3,583,842	20,869 km²	171.7/km²

Data as of January 1, 2004