Fredericia municipality

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*Fredericia municipality (Fredericia Kommune)*

Country	Denmark
Region	Region Syddanmark
Seat	Fredericia
- coordinates	55°35′N, 9°46′
Area	134.46 km² (52 mi²)
Population	49,252 (2006)
Current municipality	1970
Mayor	Uffe Steiner Jensen (Social Democrats)
Time zone	CET (UTC1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC2)
The old courthouse in Fredericia
Website : www.fredericia.dk

Fredericia municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south-central Denmark. Its belongs to Region Syddanmark, covers an area of 134.46 km², and has a total population of 49,252 (2006). Mayor is Uffe Steiner Jensen, representing the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Fredericia.

Neighboring municipalities are Vejle to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east, albeit separated from the municipality by the waters of the Kattegat and the Snævringen ("The Narrowing"), the strait, that separates the Jutland mainland from the island of Funen 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.

The municipality was created as the result of kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") in 1970. Fredericia municipality was not be merged with other municipalities in the 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen ("Municipality Reform"). Before 2007, the municipality was surrounded by the municipalities of Børkop to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east and belonged to Vejle County.

1 Municipality population
2 The city of Fredericia
3 Sister cities
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Municipality population

As of January 1st:

1980 - 45,820
1985 - 45,879
1990 - 46,072
1995 - 47,037
1999 - 47,947
2000 - 48,066
2003 - 48,533
2004 - 48,857
2005 - 49,147
2006 - 49,252

[edit] The city of Fredericia

Main article: Fredericia

The city of Fredericia was founded in 1650 by Frederick III, after whom it was named. Fredericia was almost selected as the Danish capital, due to its central location and large port; but in the end Copenhagen became the focus of attention due to its massive population.

The city is one of Denmark's largest traffic hubs, and is home to the army's Signals Regiment (Telegrafregimentet), which is located at Ryes Barracks (Ryes Kaserne) and Bülows Barracks (Bülows Kaserne).