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The county was established in 1662, replacing the former Hammershus Len. It was the only county unchanged by the administrative reforms of 1793 and 1970 consequently occupying the same territory from 1662 until 2002. Before the reform in 1970 there were 21 municipalities on the island, of which 6 market city municipalities (Danish: ''købstadskommuner'') and 15 parish municipalities (''sognekommuner''). The 6 market city municipalities were supervised by the county, differing from the situation in the rest of

where the market city municipalities were supervised by the Interior ministry. This distinction ended in 1970, and since then only the term ''kommune'' (municipality) is used. Decided in a referendum on the island May 29, 2001, as of January 1, 2003, the county and the island's five municipalities merged forming the new

Bornholm Regional Municipality Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled ...

(''Bornholms Regionskommune''). It is supervised by the State Administration of Greater Copenhagen (''Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden'').

List and map of former hundreds (''herreder'') and municipalities

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* Øster

List of municipalities (1970-2002)

Aakirkeby municipality Aakirkeby Municipality is a former municipality of Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 186 km2, and had a total population of 6,622. This former municipality is now included in the municipality of Bornholm. The seat of the municipalit ...

* Allinge-Gudhjem municipality * Hasle municipality * Nexø municipality * Rønne municipality ''This article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia '' accessed on March 24, 2006.'' {{Authority control Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006)