Denmark

Capital: Copenhagen Population: 5,580,413 Official Languages: Danish Time Zone: +1 / Summer +2 Dialing Code: +45

Government: Unitary parliamentary Area: 42,894.8 km2 largest city: Copenhagen Currency : Danish krone ISO 3166 code: DK

Basic Info

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Scandinavian sovereign state in Northern Europe, with two additional overseas constituent countries also forming integral parts of the kingdom: Greenland and the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Continental Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden, with which it is connected by the Øresund Bridge, and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland, and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.

Geography

Located in Northern Europe, Denmark consists of the peninsula of Jutland and 443 named islands (1,419 islands above 100 m² in total). Of these, 72 are inhabited, with the largest being Zealand and Funen. The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. Many of the larger islands are connected by bridges; the Øresund Bridge connects Zealand with Sweden; the Great Belt Bridge connects Funen with Zealand; and the Little Belt Bridge connects Jutland with Funen. Ferries or small aircraft connect to the smaller islands. The largest cities with populations over 100,000 are the capital Copenhagen on Zealand; Århus and Aalborg in Jutland; and Odense on Funen.

Climate

Denmark has a temperate climate, characterised by mild winters, with mean temperatures in January and February of 0.0 °C (32.0 °F), and cool summers, with a mean temperature in August of 15.7 °C (60.3 °F). Denmark has an average of 121 days per year with precipitation, on average receiving a total of 712 millimetres (28 in) per year; autumn is the wettest season and spring the driest.

Religion

According to official statistics from January 2011, 80.4% of the population of Denmark are members of the Church of Denmark (Den danske folkekirke), a Lutheran church that was made the Established Church and state religion by the Constitution. This is down 0.6% compared to the year earlier and 1.2% down compared to two years earlier. Despite the high membership figures, only 3% of the population regularly attend Sunday services.

Administrative divisions

Denmark proper is divided into five regions (Danish: regioner, singular: region) and a total of 98 municipalities. See The Map

Danish name	English name	Largest city	Area (km²)	Municipalities
Region Hovedstaden	Capital Region of Denmark	Copenhagen	2,546.30	29
Region Midtjylland	Central Denmark Region	Aarhus	13,000.20	19
Region Nordjylland	North Denmark Region	Aalborg	7,874.00	11
Region Sjælland	Region Zealand	Roskilde	7,217.80	17
Region Syddanmark	Region of Southern Denmark	Odense	12,191	22

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