Fredericia Municipality Fredericia Kommune (Danish) | |
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 The old courthouse in Fredericia | |
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| Coordinates:55°35′N9°46′E / 55.58°N 9.77°E /55.58; 9.77 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Established | 1970 |
| Seat | Fredericia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Steen Wrist |
| Area | |
• Total | 134.46 km2 (51.92 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 52,485 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Fredericia Municipality (Danish:Fredericia Kommune) is akommune on the east coast of theJutland peninsula in south-centralDenmark. It belongs to theRegion of Southern Denmark, covers an area of 134.46 km2, and has a total population of 52,485 (2024). The Mayor is Steen Wrist, representing theSocial Democratspolitical party.
The municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council is the city ofFredericia.
Neighboring municipalities areVejle to the north,Kolding to the west, andMiddelfart to the east, albeit separated from the municipality by the waters of theLillebælt, thestrait, that separates the Jutland mainland from the island ofFunen 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 ofFredericia andMiddelfart.
The municipality is part ofTriangle Region and of theEast Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]
The municipality was created as the result of thekommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") in 1970. Fredericia municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 2007 nationwideKommunalreformen ("Municipal Reform"). Before 2007, the municipality was surrounded by the municipalities ofBørkop to the north,Kolding to the west, andMiddelfart to the east and belonged toVejle County.
As of 1 January:
| Fredericia | 41,544 |
| Taulov | 3,498 |
| Skærbæk | 2,497 |
| Trelde–Østerby | 660 |
| Egeskov | 658 |
| Pjedsted | 591 |
| Bredstrup | 439 |
The city of Fredericia was founded in 1650 byFrederik III, after whom it was named. Fredericia was almost selected as the Danish capital, due to its central location and large port; but the costs from building the necessary government buildings and building a palace for the royal family, grew too big so the plans were scrapped and Copenhagen remained the capital.
The city is one ofDenmark's largest traffichubs, and is home to the army's Signals Regiment (Telegrafregimentet), which is located at Ryes Barracks (Ryes Kaserne) and Bülows Barracks (Bülows Kaserne).
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