Bornholms Amt
Basic Facts
County seat County seat A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....	Rønne Rønne Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,904 . Once a municipality in its own right, it is now the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality....
Area	588 km²
Inhabitants	44,100 (2003)
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Bornholms Amt is a former county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 (Danish, amt

Amt (subnational entity)

Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only found in Germany, but formerly also common in northern European countries. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a U.S...

) on the island of Bornholm

Bornholm

Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...

 in easternmost Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

.

Short history

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 22 municipalities on the island, of which 6 market city municipalities (da:købstadskommuner) and 16 parish municipalities (da:sognekommuner). The 6 market city municipalities were supervised by the county, differing from the situation in the rest of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 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. In 2003, the County and the island's five municipalities merged forming the new Bornholm Regional Municipality

Bornholm

Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...

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

List and map of former hundreds (herreder )and municipalities

• Nørre;Sønder;Vester;Øster

List of municipalities (1970-2002)

• Aakirkeby municipality
  Aakirkeby
  Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,100 . It is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It was the main town of the now abolished Aakirkeby Municipality....
  
  
• Allinge-Gudhjem municipality
  Allinge-Gudhjem
  Allinge-Gudhjem is a former municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.The municipality covered an area of 154 km², and had a total population of 7,658....
  
  
• Hasle municipality
• Nexø municipality
  Nexø
  Nexø is a town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. With a population of 3,762 , it is the second largest town, as well as the largest fishing port on the island. Fishing is the mainstay of the town economy. Nexø is also the site of a distillery and a mustard factory...
  
  
• Rønne municipality
  Rønne
  Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,904 . Once a municipality in its own right, it is now the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality....
  
  

This article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia accessed on March 24, 2006.