2007 Danish Municipal Reform

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The 2007 Danish Municipal Reform was a major administrative restructuring in Denmark that significantly reduced the number of municipalities and reorganized regional governance across the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial reform ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
abolishedAdministrativeLevel counties ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kommunalreformen 2007 ⓘ
appliesTo all Danish counties ⓘ
all Danish municipalities ⓘ
areaOfResponsibilityChange environmental administration reorganized ⓘ
healthcare transferred from counties to regions ⓘ
social services strengthened at municipal level ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
createdAdministrativeLevel regions ⓘ
decisionMaker Folketinget ⓘ
linked to: Folketing
effectiveDate 2007-01-01 ⓘ
geographicRegion Kingdom of Denmark (excluding Faroe Islands and Greenland for municipal structure) ⓘ
hasConsequence changes in local political representation ⓘ
new municipal boundaries across Denmark ⓘ
reallocation of public sector employees ⓘ
impact altered financing structure of healthcare services ⓘ
changed distribution of tasks between state, regions and municipalities ⓘ
consolidated municipal service provision ⓘ
implementedBy Government of Denmark ⓘ
legislativeBasis Danish Parliament legislation on structural reform ⓘ
mainObjective improve efficiency of local government ⓘ
streamline public administration ⓘ
strengthen municipal capacity for welfare services ⓘ
newNumberOfMunicipalities 98 ⓘ
numberOfNewRegions 5 ⓘ
planningPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
policyArea local government ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
regional government ⓘ
politicalContext structural reform of the public sector in Denmark ⓘ
predecessorAdministrativeUnits Danish counties ⓘ
previousNumberOfMunicipalities 271 ⓘ
relatedConcept decentralization of welfare services ⓘ
municipal consolidation ⓘ
regionalization ⓘ
result larger average municipal population ⓘ
reduced number of local government units ⓘ
replacement of counties with regions ⓘ
scope nationwide ⓘ
startDate 2007-01-01 ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnits Danish regions ⓘ
timePeriod 21st century ⓘ
typeOfChange municipal amalgamation ⓘ
regional reorganization ⓘ

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Herning → municipalityReform → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Capital Region of Denmark → formedBy → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Region Zealand → createdBy → Danish Municipal Reform of 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Aaskov Municipality → dissolvedBy → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Guldborgsund Municipality → partOfReform → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Gribskov Municipality → reform → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Rudersdal Municipality → reformContext → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Hillerød Municipality → formedBy → Danish Municipal Reform 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Frederikssund Municipality → reform → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Hjørring Municipality → formedBy → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Ribe County → abolishedBy → Danish Municipal Reform 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Regional Council of Southern Denmark → formedBy → Danish Municipal Reform 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Vejle County → partOfReform → Danish Municipal Reform 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Rudkøbing Municipality → dissolutionCause → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Nyborg Municipality → formedBy → Danish Municipal Reform 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Middelfart Municipality → formedBy → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Regional Council of Zealand → createdBy → Danish Municipal Reform of 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform
Lejre Municipality → partOfReform → 2007 Danish Municipal Reform ⓘ
Kommunalreformen 2007 → alsoKnownAs → The 2007 Municipal Reform ⓘ
linked to: 2007 Danish Municipal Reform