Kerteminde Municipality

Kerteminde Municipality

Kerteminde municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in Region Syddanmark 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 23,630 (2008). Its mayor is Palle Hansborg-Sørensen, a member of the Social Democratic Party ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde.

The municipality is located on a peninsula, and is therefore surrounded by water on three sides:
* The Great Belt ("Storebælt"), the strait which separates Funen from the island of Zealand, to the east
* The Kattegat to the north
* The Kattegat and Odense Fjord 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 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 and Langeskov municipalities to form an enlarged Kerteminde municipality.

External links

* [http://www.kerteminde.dk/ Kerteminde municipality] da icon
* [http://www.c-kerteminde.dk/ Portal for the town of Kerteminde]
* [http://www.kerteminde.net/ Kerteminde tourist bureau]

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]


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