| Kerteminde Municipality | |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 23894 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
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.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a Danish: kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
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.
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:
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Kerteminde's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.[2]
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||