Fredericia Municipality

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capital = Fredericia
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established = 1970
leader = Uffe Steiner Jensen
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website = [http://www.fredericia.dk www.fredericia.dk]
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Fredericia municipality is a municipality (Danish, "kommune") on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south-central Denmark. Its belongs to Region Syddanmark, covers an area of 134.46 km², and has a total population of 49,463 (2008). Mayor is Uffe Steiner Jensen, representing the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Fredericia.

Neighboring municipalities are Vejle to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east, albeit separated from the municipality by the waters of the Lillebælt, the strait, that separates the Jutland mainland from the island of Funen 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 and Middelfart.

The municipality was created as the result of the "kommunalreform" ("Municipal Reform") in 1970. Fredericia municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the 2007 nationwide "Kommunalreformen" ("Municipal Reform"). Before 2007, the municipality was surrounded by the municipalities of Børkop to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east and belonged to Vejle County.

Municipality population

As of January 1:
* 1980 - 45,820
* 1985 - 45,879
* 1990 - 46,072
* 1995 - 47,037
* 1999 - 47,947
* 2000 - 48,066
* 2003 - 48,533
* 2004 - 48,857
* 2005 - 49,147
* 2006 - 49,252

The city of Fredericia

The city of Fredericia was founded in 1650 by Frederik III, after whom it was named. Fredericia was almost selected as the Danish capital, due to its central location and large port; but in the end Copenhagen became the focus of attention due to its massive population.

The city is one of Denmark's largest traffic hubs, and is home to the army's Signals Regiment ("Telegrafregimentet"), which is located at Ryes Barracks ("Ryes Kaserne") and Bülows Barracks ("Bülows Kaserne").

ister cities

*flagicon|Norway Kristiansund, Norway
*flagicon|Sweden Härnösand, Sweden
*flagicon|Finland Kokkola, Finland
*flagicon|Germany Herford, Germany

External links

* [http://www.fredericia.dk/ Official website] da icon
* [http://www.fredericiakommune.dk/FredericiaKommune/TopMenu/forside/English Official website] en icon

References

* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]