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Kerteminde Municipality

Municipality in Southern Denmark, Denmark

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 24,299 (2026).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2007Founded1
  • HeadquartersKerteminde, Denmark1
  • Websitewww.kerteminde.dk
  • Legal formmunicipality of Denmark1
  • LEI213800HVGQVIWUZZD3763
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressHans Schacksvej 4, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 291897063
Kerteminde set fra fjordens sydside
Photo: Toxophilus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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 24,299 (2026). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Kerteminde.2

The story

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

Dalby Parish

Drigstrup Parish

Kerteminde Parish

Kølstrup Parish

Mesinge Parish

Revninge Parish

Rynkeby Parish

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Stubberup Parish

Viby Parish

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kerteminde Municipality, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Kerteminde Municipality (1970-2006)1
  2. Succeeded Langeskov Municipality1
  3. Succeeded Munkebo Municipality1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2007Founded Founded1