Region Sjælland

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Region Sjælland
Region Sjælland's logo.
Basic Facts
Region seat	Sorø
Largest city	Roskilde
Area	7,273 km²
Inhabitants	805,954 (2005)
Website	www.region-sjaelland.dk
Map
Image:Map DK Region Sjælland.png

Region Sjælland (English: Region Zealand) is a future administrative region created under the Danish Municipal Reform, which replaces the traditional counties ("amter") with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities will be merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 271 to 98. The reform will be implemented in Denmark on 1 January 2007.

The new Region Sjælland will consist of the current counties of Roskilde, Storstrøm, and Vestsjælland.