Middelfart Municipality Explained

Middelfart Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Mayor
Population As Of:1. January 2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:40158
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

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.

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

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Economy

Companies headquartered in the municipality include United Shipping & Trading Company.[4]

Politics

Middelfart's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.[5]

Municipal council

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

ElectionPartyTotal
seats
TurnoutElected
mayor
2005121211172573.1%Steen Dahlstrøm (A)
2009111232669.2%
20131112136177.0%
2017141126176.8%Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Sources

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities
  2. Web site: Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region. trekantomraadet.dk. 15 January 2019. da . We are the country's most ambitious business region.
  3. Web site: Tal og statistik. Figures and Statistics. Byregion Østjylland. 25 April 2016. da. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427191257/http://byregionoestjylland.dk/Statistik.html. 27 April 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Vium. Nanna. 2014-07-07. Middelfart-virksomhed rammer rekordresultat. 2021-05-24. fyens.dk. da.
  5. Web site: Byråd og udvalg. da.