DAGI contains the official administrative delimitations in Denmark. The Danish Agency for Climate Data is responsible for maintaining this register, tracking Denmark’s many boundaries. While the Agency is not the authority defining these boundaries, it collaborates with municipalities and other relevant authorities to ensure the register remains current and accurate.
Currently within the DAGI register, there are boundaries for approximately 2,200 parishes, 98 municipalities, 5 regions, 22 jurisdictions, 12 police districts, 110 constituencies, and around 1,000 postcodes. In the future, the register will also include boundaries for voting areas (polling stations) and boundaries at sea, like territorial waters.
Although many of these boundaries are relatively stable, changes occur regularly – typically to constituencies, voting areas, and postcodes – and must be updated in the register. Municipal and regional boundaries also change over time, reflecting shifts in the physical landscape.
Accurate administrative delimitations are crucial, as they determine which authorities are responsible for tasks in a given area. For constituencies and voting areas, they define who we can vote for and where we cast our ballots in democratic elections.
Data from DAGI is freely available on The Danish Data Distribution Platform.
You can view the administrative boundaries on The Danish Agency for Climate Data’s map viewer.