Kerteminde Municipality ( da, Kerteminde Kommune) is a '' kommune'' in the

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Munici ...

on the northeast coast of the island of

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

in central

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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 23,991 (2023). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of

Kerteminde Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,042 (1 January 2022).

Ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

service connects the municipality to the island of Romsø from the harbour in the town of Kerteminde.

History

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("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 1 January 2007 Kerteminde Municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with existing

Munkebo Munkebo is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark on the island of Funen. It was also the site of the municipal council of the abolished Munkebo Municipality. The town had a population of 5 ...

and

Langeskov Langeskov is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 4,222 (1 January 2022),Kerteminde Fjord Kerteminde Fjord is a fjord of northeastern Funen, Denmark, south of the Odense Fjord. It stretches inland from the town of Kerteminde. The villages of Kertinge and Kolstrup are on the southeastern shore and Munkebo Munkebo is a town in centra ...

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 The Great Belt ( da, Storebælt, ) is a strait between the major islands of Zealand (''Sjælland'') and Funen (''Fyn'') in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits. Effectively dividing Denmark in two, the Belt was served by the Great Be ...

(''Storebælt''), 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 The Kattegat (; sv, Kattegatt ) is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish Straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Skåne in Sweden ...

to the north * The Kattegat and

Odense Fjord Odense 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 ...

to the west.

Locations

Politics

Kerteminde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.Politiske udvalg
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Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Kerteminde municipality

Portal for the town of Kerteminde

Kerteminde tourist bureau
Municipalities of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007 {{SouthernDK-stub