Region Zealand[1] (Dens: Region Sjælland) is an admeenistrative region o Denmark established on 1 Januar 2007 as pairt o the 2007 Dens Municipal Reform, which replacit the traditional coonties ("amter") wi five lairger regions. At the same time, smawer municipalities wur merged intae lairger units, cuttin the nummer o municipalities frae 271 tae 98. The reform wis implementit in Denmark on 1 Januar 2007.
Region Zealand consists o the umwhiile coonties o Roskilde, Storstrøm, an Vestsjælland.
The name o the region can be somewha misleadin as it daes no kiver the entire island o Sjælland (Zealand); the northeastren pairt o the island includin Copenhagen, Hillerød an Helsingør belangin tae Region Hovedstaden. Region Zealand an aw includes the islands o Lolland, Falster, Møn an several smawer islands.