Editing Local government (section)

===Denmark===
{{Main article|Regions of Denmark|Municipalities of Denmark}}

For local government purposes, [[Denmark]] is divided into five [[Regions of Denmark|regions]] ({{langx|da|regioner}}), with their most important area of responsibility being the public health service. They are also responsible for employment policies, while some regions are responsible for public mass transit. Regions are not financial independent as they rely entirely on central state funding (around 70%) and funding coming from the municipalities (around 30%). Regions are led by directly elected councils (''regionsråd'') consisting of 41 members each.

The regions are further divided into 98 [[Municipalities of Denmark|municipalities]] (''kommuner''). Elections for the municipalities are held on the third Tuesday of November every four years.