Kerteminde municipality
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) in Region of Southern Denmark on the northeast coast of the island of Funen
Funen
Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...
in central Denmark
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. The municipality includes the island of Romsø, and it covers an area of 203 km². It has a total population of 23,630 (2008). Its mayor is Sonja Rasmussen, a former member of the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterne). Just after the 2009 local election, Rasmussen became an Independent and was elected as the new mayor with the support of the right-wing parties. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde
Kerteminde
Kerteminde , is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 5,698 . It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms...
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The municipality is located on a peninsula, and is therefore surrounded by water on three sides:
- The Great BeltGreat BeltThe Great Belt is a strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand and Funen . Effectively dividing Denmark in two, the Belt was served by the Great Belt ferries from the late 19th century until the islands were connected by the Great Belt Fixed Link in 1997–98.-Geography:The Great Belt is the...
(Storebælt), the strait which separates Funen from the island of Zealand, to the east - The KattegatKattegatThe Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by the Jutland peninsula and the Straits islands of Denmark on the west and south, and the provinces of Västergötland, Scania, Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden on the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Øresund and the Danish...
to the north - The Kattegat and Odense FjordOdense FjordOdense Fjord is a 13 km long fjord on the northern part of the Danish island of Funen.It covers an area of about 63 km².- Geography :The city of Odense is connected with the fjord through the Odense Canal. The Odense River ends in the fjord at Stige and Seden.The main islands in the fjord are...
to the west.
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.
Ferry
Ferry
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service connects the municipality to the island of Romsø from the harbour in the town of Kerteminde.
The 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
- Kølstrup Parish
- Mesinge Parish
- Revninge Parish
- Rynkeby Parish
- Stubberup Parish
- Viby Parish
On January 1, 2007 Kerteminde Municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing Munkebo
Munkebo municipality
Until January 1, 2007 Munkebo municipality was a municipality in former Funen County on the northeast coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 19 km², and had a total population of 5,720...
and Langeskov
Langeskov municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Langeskov municipality was a municipality in Funen County near the northeast coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 43 km², and had a total population of 6,365...
municipalities to form an enlarged Kerteminde municipality.
Demographics
The largest towns in Kerteminde Municipality are:1. Kerteminde
Kerteminde
Kerteminde , is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 5,698 . It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms...
– 5,680 inhabitants (2009)
2. Munkebo
Munkebo
Munkebo is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde municipality, Region of Southern Denmark on the island of Funen.It was also the site of the municipal council of the abolished Munkebo municipality....
– 5,512 inhabitants (2009)
3. Langeskov
Langeskov
Langeskov is a town in central Denmark with a population of 4,023 , located in Kerteminde municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the island of Funen....
– 4,065 inhabitants (2009)
Other towns and villages (ordered by population):
Rynkeby – 601 inhabitants (2009)
Birkende
Birkende
Birkende is a town with a population of 578 located in the Kerteminde municipality, on the island of Funen in central Denmark....
– 568 inhabitants (2009)
Dalby
Dalby
Dalby is a Scandinavian place name meaning "valley settlement", during the Viking Age, the name was brought to England and it later also became an English surname...
– 324 inhabitants (2009)