Region Syddanmark

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Region Syddanmark
Region Syddanmark's logo.
Basic Facts
Region seat	Vejle
Largest city	Odense
Area	12,191 km²
Inhabitants	1,182,349 (2005)
Website	www.regionsyddanmark.dk
Map
Image:Map DK Region Syddanmark.png

Region Syddanmark (English: Region South Denmark) 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 merger of the Funish municipalities of Ærøskøbing and Marstal was implemented on January 1 2006, one year before the main reform.

The new Region Syddanmark will consist of the former counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland, adding ten municipalities from the former Vejle County. The territories formerly belonging to Vejle County will become the new municipalities of Fredericia (unchanged by the reform), Vejle (a merger of Vejle, Børkop, parts of Egtved, Give, and Jelling) and Kolding (a merger of Kolding, parts of Lunderskov, Vamdrup, and parts of both Egtved and Christiansfeld - the latter from South Jutland County). A total of 78 municipalities will be combined to a total of 22 new units (listed below).