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The Öresund Committee
The Greater Copenhagen Committee (formerly the Øresund Committee and the Greater Copenhagen and Skåne Committee) is an organisation which describes itself as a platform for regional political collaboration in the cross-boundary Øresund region (also known as the Greater Copenhagen Region). The region comprises the Capital Region of Denmark, Capital Region and Region Zealand in Denmark and Skåne County, Region and Halland County, Halland Region in Sweden. The region has a total population of app. 4.5 million inhabitants. Organisation The members of the Öresund Committee were: *In Denmark: **The Capital Region of Denmark, Capital Region and Region Zealand **The municipalities of Bornholm#Municipality, Bornholm, Copenhagen Municipality, Copenhagen, and Frederiksberg Municipality, Frederiksberg **Greater Copenhagen Forum for Local Municipalities *In Sweden: **Region Skåne **The municipalities of Landskrona Municipality, Landskrona, Lund Municipality, Lund, Helsingborg Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øresund Region
The Øresund Region ( da, Øresundsregionen ; sv, Öresundsregionen ), also known as Greater Copenhagen for marketing purposes, is a metropolitan region that comprises eastern Denmark and Skåne in southern Sweden. Centred around the Øresund strait and the two cities which lie on either side, Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden, the region is connected by the Øresund Bridge, which spans the strait at its southern end, and the HH Ferry route between Helsingør, Denmark, and Helsingborg, Sweden, at the narrowest point of the strait. The Capital Region of Denmark and Region Zealand constitute the Danish side, while Scania constitutes the Swedish side. The region has a population of 4,002,372 (2018) and a population density of . Since the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658, Scania ( sv, Skåne) has been subordinate to the King of Sweden, except during the Scanian War (1676–79) and briefly in 1710, but it only became a province of Sweden under the Treaty of Stockholm 1720 (dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |