Amty Denmark

The Danish Amtas were the former metropolises of Denmark, which were used mainly for administrative districts, each district had its own council with substantial powers. Initially, there were 24 amtas, but in 1970 their number dropped to about 14 — the number fluctuated slightly over the next 3 decades. In 2006, there were 30 traditional amtas, as well as 3 municipalities with district status (Bornholm Island, which was the amtom from 1660 to 2002, became a commune, but not for long, from 2003 to 2006). On January 1, 2007, the amtas were abolished and replaced by 5 larger regions, which are not municipalities.

Amt Copenhagen includes all the municipalities of the capital of Copenhagen, with the exception of the municipality of Copenhagen and the municipality of Frederiksberg , which, because of their particular location outside of any of the traditional districts, have “district status”. Since January 1, 2007, these two municipalities have lost their special status. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of Denmark , but have internal autonomy. Both are largely self-governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish parliament. The Faroe Islands received the status of self-government in 1948 ; from 1816 to 1948 the islands were danish amtas