Kommunalreformen 2007
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Kommunalreformen 2007 was a major restructuring of Denmark’s local government that significantly reduced the number of municipalities and reorganized regional administration.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative reform
ⓘ
local government reform ⓘ |
| abolished | Danish counties (amter) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kommunalreformen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The 2007 Municipal Reform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Danish municipalities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danish regions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Denmark ⓘ |
| created | Danish regions ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 2007-01-01 ⓘ |
| field |
local government
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| governmentInPower | Anders Fogh Rasmussen II Cabinet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
altered service delivery responsibilities
ⓘ
changed municipal tax bases ⓘ reduced number of elected local councils ⓘ |
| implementedIn | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedEntity |
Region Hovedstaden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Region Midtjylland NERFINISHED ⓘ Region Nordjylland NERFINISHED ⓘ Region Sjælland NERFINISHED ⓘ Region Syddanmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | da ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Danish Parliament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Folketinget NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainResponsibilityTransferredToMunicipalities |
certain education tasks
ⓘ
elderly care ⓘ social services ⓘ |
| mainResponsibilityTransferredToRegions | healthcare ⓘ |
| minimumMunicipalityPopulationTarget | 20000 ⓘ |
| newNumberOfMunicipalities | 98 ⓘ |
| numberOfRegionsCreated | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf | modernization of the Danish public sector ⓘ |
| policyArea |
decentralization
ⓘ
municipal finance ⓘ regional policy ⓘ |
| previousNumberOfCounties | 13 ⓘ |
| previousNumberOfMunicipalities | 271 ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAtTime | Anders Fogh Rasmussen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
reduce the number of municipalities
ⓘ
reorganize regional administration ⓘ restructure local government in Denmark ⓘ |
| regionLevel | NUTS 2-like administrative level ⓘ |
| replacedBy | new municipal structure of Denmark ⓘ |
| replaces | previous municipal structure of Denmark ⓘ |
| startDate | 2007-01-01 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| typeOfChange |
competence redistribution
ⓘ
territorial consolidation ⓘ |
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