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Copenhagen County comprises all the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality. Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a County comprising the entire island. These six administrations merged on January 1 2003 forming the new Bornholm Regional Municipality . The island's current status resembles the status of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg . January 1 2006 Ærøskøbing Municipality and Marstal Municipality merged to form Ærø Municipality ,bringing the number of Municipalities down to 270. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but both enjoy internal autonomy. Both are largely self-governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish Parliament . See also the Ranked List Of Danish Counties . Reform A government proposal in 2004 called for the counties to be replaced by five large Regions with Health Care as their sole responsibilities; two regions in Jutland , two regions in Zealand and one region covering Funen and the southernmost part of Jutland. The proposal also requires the municipalities to merge reducing them from 271 to about 100, with a minimum of 30,000 inhabitants each, although with room for exceptions. The reform was confirmed by the Danish Parliament on February 24 2005 . List of counties ''Note: Ringkjøbing County officially uses a different spelling than its capital city, Ringkøbing .'' External links |