Denmark: TravelGuide

Country of northern Europe, Denmark presents a surface of 43.094 km2. Flat countries, peaking in 170 m, it is the continental State, with the peninsula of Jutland, that represents 70 % of the surface of the country, the inhabitant of the border zone of Germany, but also island with 406 islands of... もっと多くの

Country of northern Europe, Denmark presents a surface of 43.094 km2. Flat countries, peaking in 170 m, it is the continental State, with the peninsula of Jutland, that represents 70 % of the surface of the country, the inhabitant of the border zone of Germany, but also island with 406 islands of which hundred only are inhabited. The most important islands are Seeland ( Sjaelland) where is Copenhagen, Fionie ( Fyn), Lolland, Falster and Bornholm. A 18 km bridge(deck), on the strait Blind Baelt, connects(binds) Copenhagen with Fionie and with Jutland. Another bridge(deck) connects(binds), since July, 2000, Copenhagen with Malmoe ( Sweden). The country is lined by the North Sea and the Skagerrak (strait separating Denmark of Norway) on the West, Kattegat and Baltic Sea in the East. The most continental point goes away from only 50 km of the sea. Denmark offers a long coastal line of 7300 km which facilitated the setting-up(presence) of ports(bearings) and the maritime business. The extension of plains facilitated the development of cereal crops as well as the breeding. The forest covers only 10 % of the territory. Denmark includes also two territories endowed with an internal autonomy: islands Feroé (on 1399 km2) and Greenland (2.175.600 km2 covered in 85 % by the inlandsis), which benefits from a particular status since 1979.Climate Denmark presents an oceanic, wet and windy climate, moderated by the sea. The precipitation are distributed over all year. Main cities A) COPENHAGEN CAPITALE and main city of Denmark, Copenhagen is situated on the coast(rib) is from the island of Sjaelland, on Oresund. The town(conglomeration) counts approximately 1 800 000 inhabitants, among whom about 500 000 in the only city of Copenhagen. Political center of the country, it is also the main port(bearing) and the important industrial, artistic and cultural area. Copenhagen is governed by a particular status, outside the general administrative apportionment of Denmark. B) ARHUS city of the center of Denmark situated in the peninsula of Jütland, her is characterized by an important harbour activity and of shipbuilding. 286 000 inhabitants are listed(counted) there. Machine tools, food industry and brasseries(breweries) occupy a dominating place(square) in its economy. She(it) shelters an important university. C) ODENSE administrative centre of the department of Fionie, his(her) population amounts to 183 000 inhabitants. Big center of business and transport, its industrial activity articulates around the construction of metallic rooms(parts,plays), motor vehicles, the glass, foodstuffs and the textile(textile industry). D) AALBORG 91 000 inhabitants, neighbour of Copenhagen, following the example of this one, the municipality(Commune) of Frederiksberg benefits from a particular administrative status. E) FREDERIKSBERG 91.000 inhabitants, neighbour of Copenhagen, the municipality(Commune) of Frederiksberg benefits from a particular administrative status, as moreover Copenhagen. F) ESBJERG 82.000 inhabitants, port(bearing) of Jutland on the North Sea, the logistic base of the offshore exploitation(operation) of the national resources in hydrocarbons, canning factories. もっと少ない