The Capital Region (, ) was the administrative name of the

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

and

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...

and the

counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

of Frederiksborg,

, and

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

. It was replaced by the

Capital Region of Denmark The Capital Region of Denmark (, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark, and contains Copenhagen, the national capital. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 ...

() as an administrative region on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. The new region includes the island of Bornholm (in the Baltic Sea 100 nautical miles from Copenhagen), and excludes the southwestern parts of Greater Copenhagen that were covered by Roskilde County. These southwestern areas are instead included in

Region Zealand Region Zealand () is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark. It is one of the five classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-2 statistical NUTS statistical regions of Denmark, regions of Denmark. It was es ...

().

Composition

In 2007 the Capital Region had a population of 1,834,492 and an area of 2,861.41 km² The area consisted of: {{Notelist

Today

The same area has (31 December 2012) 1,937,450 inhabitants (680 inhabitants/km²) However the Capital Region has been expanded and

Stevns Municipality Stevns Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region Sjælland on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 23,612 (1 January 2025). The municipality covers most ...

has been added. That area is 3030 km² and has 1,957,611 inhabitants (646 inhabitants/km²). The Capital Region is still in use at several levels: * Local public traffic, ticket fare zones (Metro, S-train, Local trains, Regional trains within the area, busses etc.) * Television – three regional TV-channels broadcast over the entire area * The area is a region for ''Vejdirektoratet'', the Danish motorway & road maintenance authority * It is also a region of the Danish national rail, DSB. If for instance buying a ticket in

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

, the ticket is valid for any station within the Capital Region. * Public identification, people that live within its boundaries usually identify themselves as inhabitants of the Capital Region.

References

Map showing the extent of ''Hovedstadsregionen'' including the extension of Stevns municipality (far Southernmost part)

Capital Region Geography of Copenhagen