Localisation: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)
Coordonnées géographiques: 56° 0' N, 10° 0' E
Côte: 7,314 km km
Climat: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Relief: low and flat to gently rolling plains
Sommets: lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Risques naturels: flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes
Monnaie: Danish krone (DKK)
Population: 5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)
Langues: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
Capitale: Copenhagen
Découpage administratif: The 1st January 2007, the 14 counties will be reorganized into five regions.