Kerteminde Municipality (Danish: Kerteminde Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the northeast coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Romsø, and it covers an area of 203 km2. It has a total population of 23,991 (2023). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde.
The Kerteminde Fjord flows through Kerteminde town and divides the easternmost part of the municipality into two segments. In the west, an isthmus near Munkebo connects the two areas. The fjord is a segment of the Great Belt. This results in the northern portion of the municipality being located on a peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides:
kerteminde, municipality, danish, kerteminde, kommune, kommune, region, southern, denmark, northeast, coast, island, funen, central, denmark, municipality, includes, island, romsø, covers, area, total, population, 2023, main, town, site, municipal, council, to. Kerteminde Municipality Danish Kerteminde Kommune is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the northeast coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark The municipality includes the island of Romso and it covers an area of 203 km2 It has a total population of 23 991 2023 The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde Kerteminde Municipality Kerteminde Kommune Danish MunicipalityLocation in DenmarkCoordinates 55 27 00 N 10 40 00 E 55 45 N 10 6667 E 55 45 10 6667CountryDenmarkRegionSouthern DenmarkEstablished1 January 2007Government MayorKasper Ejsing OlesenArea Total205 8 km2 79 5 sq mi Population 1 January 2023 1 Total23 991 Density120 km2 300 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Websitewww wbr kerteminde wbr dkFerry service connects the municipality to the island of Romso from the harbour in the town of Kerteminde Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Locations 3 Politics 3 1 Municipal council 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform Municipal Reform that merged a number of existing parishes Dalby Parish Drigstrup Parish Kerteminde Parish Kolstrup Parish Mesinge Parish Revninge Parish Rynkeby Parish Stubberup Parish Viby ParishOn 1 January 2007 Kerteminde Municipality was as the result of Kommunalreformen The Municipal Reform of 2007 merged with existing Munkebo and Langeskov municipalities to form an enlarged Kerteminde municipality Geography editThe Kerteminde Fjord flows through Kerteminde town and divides the easternmost part of the municipality into two segments In the west an isthmus near Munkebo connects the two areas The fjord is a segment of the Great Belt This results in the northern portion of the municipality being located on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides The Great Belt Storebaelt the strait which separates Funen from the island of Zealand to the east traversed by the Great Belt Fixed Link bridges and train tunnels The Kattegat to the north The Kattegat and Odense Fjord to the west Locations edit Kerteminde 6 000Munkebo 5 500Langeskov 4 000Marslev 700Birkende 600Rynkeby 600Dalby 310Mesinge 300Politics editKerteminde s municipal council consists of 25 members elected every four years The municipal council has six political committees 2 Municipal council edit Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 Election Party Totalseats Turnout ElectedmayorA B C F O P V O2005 11 1 6 2 1 4 25 77 5 Palle Hansborg Sorensen A 2009 8 3 5 2 3 4 73 2 Sonja Rasmussen A 2013 7 1 1 2 3 6 5 1 79 1 Hans Luunbjerg V 2017 7 1 7 2 3 1 3 1 76 6 Kasper Ejsing Olsen A Data from Kmdvalg dk 2005 2009 2013 and 2017References edit BY2 Population 1 January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Politiske udvalg Municipal statistics NetBorger Kommunefakta delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata Municipal Data Municipal mergers and neighbors Eniro new municipalities mapExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerteminde Kommune Kerteminde municipality in Danish Portal for the town of Kerteminde Archived 2005 08 19 at the Wayback Machine Kerteminde tourist bureau nbsp This article about a location in the Region of Southern Denmark is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kerteminde Municipality amp oldid 1179387673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
