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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 23,894 (2024). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde.
Ferry 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 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 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


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:

The Great Belt (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 to the north
The Kattegat and Odense Fjord to the west.




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Politics


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




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




References



Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map




External links



Kerteminde municipality (in Danish)
Portal for the town of Kerteminde Archived 2005-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
Kerteminde tourist bureau

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• Pembagian administratif Denmark
• Kerteminde Municipality
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• Langeskov Municipality
• Funen County
• Master Fatman
• Annette Stroyberg
• Munkebo
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