West Zealand County (Danish: Vestsjællands Amt) is a former county (Danish: amt) in the west-central part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.
The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e.
Sorø is by no means the biggest city in West Zealand, but it has great historical value.
It is famed for the Sorø Academy (Danish, Sorø Akademi), an educational institution built in 1140 together with the church where Queen Margaret I of Denmark was buried (later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde).
Many people who live in West Zealand commute to the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen for work.