Kerteminde Municipality

Kerteminde Municipality Kerteminde Kommune (Danish)
Municipality
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°27′00″N 10°40′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Established	1 January 2007
Government
• Mayor	Kasper Ejsing Olesen
Area
• Total	205.8 km^2 (79.5 sq mi)
Population  (1. January 2024)[1]
• Total	23,894
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.kerteminde.dk

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.

Locations

Kerteminde	6,000
Munkebo	5,500
Langeskov	4,000
Marslev	700
Birkende	600
Rynkeby	600
Dalby	310
Mesinge	300

Politics

Kerteminde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.^[2]

Municipal council

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

Election	Party								Total seats	Turnout	Elected mayor
	A	B	C	F	O	P	V	Ø
2005	11	1	6	2	1		4		25	77.5%	Palle Hansborg-Sørensen (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 2017

References

1. BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. Politiske udvalg

• 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