Middelfart Municipality (Danish: Middelfart Kommune) is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark, located on the west coast of the island of Funen in southern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 297 km² and has a total population of 40,158 (2024). Its mayor is Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Middelfart.
Middelfart Municipality
Middelfart Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 55°30′N 9°45′E / 55.5°N 9.75°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Established | 1 January 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen |
| Area | |
• Total | 297 km2 (115 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 40,158 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Snævringen ("The Narrowing"), is the strait that separates the island of Funen from the Jutland mainland in this area, where the two lie very close to each other, often less than 1.5 km apart. Snævringen is an extension of the Kattegat, and begins near the cities of Fredericia and Middelfart. To the south of the municipality is Fænø Strait (Fænø Sund), which separates Funen from the municipality's island of Fænø.
On 1 January 2007 Middelfart municipality was, as the result of The Municipal Reform, merged with Ejby and Nørre Aaby municipalities to form an enlarged Middelfart municipality.
The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]
Locations
edit| Middelfart | 16,000 |
| Strib | 4,700 |
| Nørre Aaby | 3,000 |
| Ejby | 2,100 |
| Gelsted | 1,700 |
| Brenderup | 1,400 |
| Båring | 940 |
| Harndrup | 620 |
| Kauslunde | 520 |
Economy
editCompanies headquartered in the municipality include United Shipping & Trading Company.[4]
Politics
editMiddelfart's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[5]
Municipal council
editBelow are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | F | H | O | V | Ø | ||||||
| 2005 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 73.1% | Steen Dahlstrøm (A) | |||
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 69.2% | ||||||
| 2013 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 77.0% | |||||
| 2017 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 76.8% | Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen (A) | |||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
- ^ "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ Vium, Nanna (2014-07-07). "Middelfart-virksomhed rammer rekordresultat". fyens.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Byråd og udvalg" (in Danish).
Sources
edit- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
edit- Official website (in Danish)