Middelfart Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the

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, located on the west coast of the island of

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in southern

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. The municipality covers an area of 297 km² and has a total population of 40,318 (2025). Its mayor is Johannes Lundsfryd Jensen, a member of the

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(''Socialdemokraterne'')

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

Middelfart Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 16,749 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart Municipality on the island of Funen (). Etymology The name Middelfart, first recorded as "Mæthælfar" in Valdemar's Census Book ...

. The ''Snævringen'' ("The Narrowing"), is the strait that separates the island of

from the

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

mainland 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 Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...

and

. To the south of the municipality is Fænø Strait (''Fænø Sund''), which separates Funen from the municipality's island of Fænø. On 1 January 2007 Middelfart municipality was, as the result of The Municipal Reform, merged with Ejby and Nørre Aaby municipalities to form an enlarged Middelfart municipality. The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the

East Jutland metropolitan area East Jutland metropolitan area () is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. Aarhus is the most populated city in the region. The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Environment Ministry, argued that ...

, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Locations

Economy

Companies headquartered in the municipality include

United Shipping & Trading Company United Shipping & Trading Company (USTC) is a family-owned global group of companies headquartered in Middelfart, Denmark. USTC holds a portfolio of activities that includes oil & energy, shipping & logistics, ship owning, risk management, car acti ...

Politics

Middelfart's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has seven political committees.

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

References

Sources

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007