Provinces of Denmark Copenhagen Surroundings, North Zealand and East Zealand together comprise the Copenhagen metropolitan area. They are together both the planning area for the Copenhagen area, also known as the Finger Plan and the Copenhagen Public transport area. Close to 2 million people live in their joint area of about 2,770 square kilometres. This is also the best area to use for comparisons with other cities of similar size. Occasionally the East Jutland province, with around 850,000 inhabitants in 5,841 square kilometres, is labeled as Greater Aarhus, however less than 40% of its population lives in Aarhus municipality. Provinces of Denmark The
Copenhagen Fire of 1728 of them were modelled on generic renderings made by Johan Cornelius Krieger with inspiration from Christof Marselis. The houses are two or three storeys high, five bays wide and have a prominent wall dormer. The façade towards the street is in brick while the rest of the house has timber framing. They are typically painted in bright colours. Well-preserved examples are today found in locations such as Gråbrødretorv and Gammel Mønt. Copenhagen Fire of 1728 The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest fire in the history of Copenhagen, Denmark. It began on the evening of 20 October 1728 and