Region (Denmark)
The region has been making the municipal reform in 2007 , the average level of administrative division in Denmark between municipalities and state central administration ( Staten ). It corresponds to the level NUTS 2 of the European Union .
The extent to which the regions have a communal character is controversial. According to the prevailing opinion , this is not the case, because u. a. there is no right to tax and because they have only a few, legally prescribed competencies.
Responsibilities
Compared to the administrative districts that existed until 2007 , the competencies of the regions are clearly limited. Most of the tasks were assigned to the municipalities.
- Regions do not raise their own taxes, but are financed through state key allocations and contributions from the municipalities.
- Regions have no right to issue instructions to the municipalities. On the contrary, mechanisms have been introduced that enable control from below.
The main tasks of the region are v. a. Services that overwhelm the municipalities, as well as spatial planning measures .
- Hospitals
- Public health insurance : Financing of treatment costs for general practitioners and specialists. Since the system is purely public and tax financed, it is a public area like any other and not a health insurance in the strict sense.
- psychiatry
- Offers for the severely disabled
- Development plans for nature, the environment, teaching and culture. The local authorities are responsible for the practical implementation.
list
| location | region | Administrative headquarters | covers the earlier areas | population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nordjylland ( North Jutland ) |
Aalborg | Nordjyllands Amt , Mariager Kommune , parts of Viborg Amt | 589.936 |
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Midtjylland (Central Jutland ) |
Viborg | Ringkjøbing Amt , Århus Amt without Mariager Municipality , parts of Viborg Amt and Vejle Amt | 1,326,340 |
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Syddanmark (Southern Denmark) |
Vejle | Fyns Amt , Ribe Amt , Sønderjyllands Amt and parts of Vejle Amt | 1,223,105 |
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Sjælland ( Zealand , Møn , Lolland , Falster ) |
Soro | Roskilde Amt , Storstrøms Amt and Vestsjællands Amt | 837.359 |
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Hovedstaden ( Copenhagen , North Zealand, Bornholm ) |
Hillerød | Københavns Amt , Frederiksborg Amt , Copenhagen , Frederiksberg and Bornholm | 1,846,023 |
As of January 1, 2020
literature
- Jens Blom-Hansen, Poul Erik Mouritzen a. a .: Fra sogn til velfærdsproducent. Kommunestyret gennem fire årtier . Syddansk universitetsforlag, Odense 2012. ISBN 978-87-7674-645-2 .
Web links
- retsinformation.dk : Bekendtgørelse af lov om regioner og om nedlæggelse af amtskommunerne, Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd og Hovedstadens Sygehusfællesskab (regionsloven) (announcement of the law on regions and on the dissolution of the administrative districts ) (Regions of the Capital Development Council and the Capital Hospital Community) the version of July 3, 2009, accessed on June 11, 2013 (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sten Bønsing: Almindelig forvaltningsret . Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, Copenhagen 2009. ISBN 978-87-574-1063-1 . P. 52.
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> FOLK1A: Folketal den 1. i kvartalet efter tid og område (Danish)