The Danish Government and Parliament also decided a change from 14 counties to five regions. As of 1 January 2007, the regions will be responsible for the hospitals, including health care services. Furthermore, the regions will have a few other tasks in the field of regional development, environment and public transport. The regions will not have the right to impose taxes, and the activities of the regions are to be paid by subsidies from the municipalities and the state.

Each of the five regions is led by a Regional Council with 41 members, elected by the people every four years.

Portugal tem 18 distritos e uma população de mais de 10 milhões. A Dinamarca, com os seus 5 milhões de habitantes, acabou de passar de 14 distritos para 5 regiões. Regionalizou-se. Agora é a nossa vez, não?

Numbers of Municipalities

1889: 71,314 (before The Big Mergers of the Meiji era)
1890: 15,859 (Municipalization/ The Big Mergers of the Meiji era)
1953: 9,868 (Enactment of the Promotion Law for Municipal Mergers)
1961: 3,472 (The Big Mergers of the Showa era)
1999: 3,229 (Amendment of the Special Mergers Law)
2006: 1,820(Present)

Mais uma vez. Portugal tem 10 milhões de habitantes e 308 municípios. O Japão tem 126 milhões de habitantes e conseguiu reduzir o número de municípios a 1820. Temos de fundir municípios. E já.

Através daqui.