Capital Region of Denmark

Capital Region Region Hovedstaden (Danish)
Region
Country	Denmark
Capital	Hillerød
Largest city	Copenhagen
Municipalities	29 Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk
Government
• Chairperson	Lars Gaardhøj (Social Democrats)
Area
• Total	2,568.29 km2 (991.62 sq mi)
Population  (1 October 2023)[1]
• Total	1,910,395
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Total	€169.941 billion (2022)
• Per capita	€88,956 (2022)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DK-84
HDI (2021)	0.967[3] very high · 1st of 5
Website	www.regionh.dk

The Capital Region of Denmark (Danish: Region Hovedstaden, pronounced [ʁekiˈoˀn ˈhoːð̩ˌstæðˀn̩]) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark, and contains Copenhagen, the national capital.

The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 August 2021, the chairperson is Lars Gaardhøj, who is a member of the Social Democrats party of Denmark.

The Capital Region was established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. This reform abolished the traditional counties (Danish plural: amter, singular: amt) and created five regions. As part of this reform, 271 smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, reducing the number of municipalities to 98.

The reform dramatically diminished the power of regional governments while enhancing that of local governments and of the central government in Copenhagen. It was implemented on 1 January 2007.

Unlike the former counties (1970–2006) (Danish Amtskommune ^[da], literally 'county municipality') the regions are not municipalities and are thus not allowed to have a coat of arms, only logotypes.

The regions do not collect taxes and are financed primarily through block grants, they are unable to transfer money from one area of expenditure to another, and they must return any unused money to the central government.