Kolding Municipality Kolding Kommune (Danish) | |
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 Therådhus (city hall), where the municipal council convenes. | |
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| Coordinates:55°29′N9°28′E / 55.49°N 9.47°E /55.49; 9.47 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Seat | City of Kolding |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Knud Erik Langhoff (Conservative People's Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 604.5 km2 (233.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1. January 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 94,932 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 6000, 6040, 6051, 6052, 6064, 6070, 6091, 6092, 6093, 6094, 6100, 6560, 6580, 6640[3] |
| Website | www |
Kolding Municipality (Danish:Kolding Kommune) is akommune in theRegion of Southern Denmark on the east coast of theJutland peninsula in southeastDenmark. The municipality covers an area of 640 km2, and has a total population of 94,932 (2024).[2] Its mayor is Knud Erik Langhoff, a member of theConservative People's Party. The main city and the site of its municipal council is theseaport city ofKolding, the eighth largest city in Denmark.
Several major Danish motorways intersect in Kolding municipality. Middelfart municipality and Kolding municipality are connected by two bridges: theOld Little Belt Bridge and theNew Little Belt Bridge.
On 1 January 2007 Kolding municipality was, as the result ofKommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged withChristiansfeld,Lunderskov,Vamdrup municipalities, andVester Nebel Parish inEgtved Municipality to form a new Kolding municipality.
The municipality is part ofTriangle Region and of theEast Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[4][5]
To the east is astrait, first calledSnævringen ("The Narrowing") and then further southBredningen ("The Broadening"), 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 theKattegat, and begins near the cities ofFredericia andMiddelfart, north and east of Kolding municipality. AsSnævringen broadens it becomesBredningen, which opens out into theLittle Belt (Lillebælt), the main strait between Jutland and Funen. The municipality ofMiddelfart on the other side ofSnævringen is thus Kolding's municipal neighbor to the east. The island ofFænø lies inSnævringen between Kolding and Middelfart.
Leading directly into the city of Kolding fromSnævringen are the waters ofKolding Fjord.
There are 18 cities and towns (as defined byStatistics Denmark as an urban area with a population of at least 200) in the municipality.[6] Of the 89,556 people living in the municipality, 78,695 reside permanently in an urban area, 10,759 reside in rural areas (including localities with less than 200 inhabitants).
| Kolding | 61,000 |
| Vamdrup | 4,900 |
| Lunderskov | 3,100 |
| Christiansfeld | 3,000 |
| Sønder Bjert | 2,000 |
| Vester Nebel | 1,900 |
| Almind | 1,700 |
| Viuf | 560 |
| Sønder Stenderup | 560 |
| Sjølund | 540 |
| Jordrup | 540 |
| Ødis | 450 |
Danish Air Transport has its head office inVamdrup.[7]
The former royal castle ofKoldinghus is located in Kolding city. It was built in the 13th century by KingEric Glipping and is now a museum with certain parts of the castle, including its chapel and hall, being used for governmental ceremonial events. It was the last royal residence in Jutland.
Another notable site is the 13th century stone Church of Saint Nicholas, which is one of the oldest in Denmark.
Other popular tourist attractions include the Trapholt Art Museum and the Geographic Garden (Geografisk Have). Trapholt has a collection of Danish arts from 1900 onwards, as well as a smaller number of non-Danish exhibits.
Kolding's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has ten political committees.[8]
Below are the municipal councils elected since theMunicipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
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| A | B | C | F | O | V | Ø | |||||||
| 2005 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 67.8% | Per Bødker Andersen (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 68.1% | Jørn Pedersen (V) | |||||
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 72.0% | ||||
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 71.9% | ||||||
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 69.1% | Knud Erik Langhoff (C) | |||||
| Data fromKmdvalg.dk 2005,2009,2013,2017 and2021 | |||||||||||||
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