Denmark Region, which encompasses the Copenhagen metropolitan area with the exception of the subtracted province East Zealand but includes the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, has a population three times larger than that of North Denmark Region, which covers the more sparsely populated area of northern Jutland. Under the county system certain densely populated municipalities, such as Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg, had been given a status equivalent to that of counties, making them first-level administrative divisions. These "sui generis" municipalities were incorporated into the new regions under the 2007 reforms. The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary state that comprises, in
Courts of Denmark one President and 38 judges. The High Court of Eastern Denmark (Østre Landsret) sits in Copenhagen but has chambers in larger eastern cities. It has jurisdiction over all County Courts outside the Jutland peninsula, as well as the County Court for the Faroe Islands. It has one President and 63 judges. The High Courts are only set in chambers outside Viborg and Copenhagen in criminal cases. All civil cases are brought before The High Courts in either Viborg or Copenhagen. The High Court of Greenland (Grønlands Landsret) sitting in Nuuk has appellate jurisdiction over the inferior courts of Greenland consisting