Kerteminde municipality

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Map of the future municipality

Kerteminde municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County 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 143 km². It has a total population of 10,986 (2005). Its mayor is Else Møller, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde.

Neighboring municipalities are Ullerslev to the southeast, and Otterup, Munkebo and Langeskov to the west. The municipality is located on a peninsula, and is therefore surrounded by water on three sides:

The Great Belt (Storebælt), the strait which separates Funen from the island of Zealand, to the east
The Kattegat to the north
The Kattegat and Odense Fjord to the west.

A segment of the Great Belt flows through the town of Kerteminde, and helps define part of its western border with neighboring Otterup municipality.

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 kommunalreform ("Municipality 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

By January 1, 2007 Kerteminde municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), be merged with existing Munkebo and Langeskov municipalities to form an enlarged Kerteminde municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 203 km² and a total population of 23,071 (2005). The municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").