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Jutland is known by several different names, depending on the language and era, including German: Jütland [ˈjyːtlant] ⓘ; Old English: Ēota land [ˈeːotɑˌlɑnd], known anciently as the Cimbric Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula (Latin: Cimbricus Chersonesus; Danish: den Cimbriske Halvø or den Jyske Halvø; German: Kimbrische Halbinsel or Jütische Halbinsel).
The North Jutland Region [4] [5] (Danish: Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, [6] is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties (amter) and set up five larger regions.
The region north of the Kongeå is called Nørrejylland, 'Northern Jutland'. Both territories had their own ting assemblies in the Middle Ages (in Viborg and Urnehoved). Southern Jutland is mentioned for the first time in the Knýtlinga saga. In the 13th century South Jutland became a duchy. The first duke was Canute Lavard (Knud Lavard).
A similar policy is followed by the North Denmark Region (whose Danish name, Region Nordjylland, can be translated to "Region of North Jutland"). However, the name of the region is usually untranslated when used in English-language publications that are not by the regional council itself, but by governmental authorities such as Statistics Denmark.
This is a list of parishes in the North Jutland Region. As of 2022, there are 2,133 parishes ( Danish : Sogne ) within the Church of Denmark , approximately 353 of which are within the North Jutland Region . [ 1 ]
The narrow sand tombolo of Agger Tange connected North Jutland Island to the Jutland Peninsula between c. 1200 and 1825. The area became an island again due to a storm on 3 February 1825, when the North Sea broke through the Agger Tange in its far southwest, separating the area from mainland Jutland and creating the Agger Channel. [3]
The term Midtjylland was, and in common use still is, used to describe the interior centre of Jutland, but never the coastal areas of the peninsula (West Jutland and East Jutland). The Regions of North Jutland and Central Jutland have chosen to market themselves internationally under the names of North Denmark Region and Central Denmark Region ...
The Region of Southern Denmark is the westernmost of the Danish administrative regions (Region Zealand being the southernmost).. It consists of the former counties of Funen, Ribe and South Jutland, adding ten municipalities from the former Vejle County.