Odense Municipality

Coordinates: 55°23′46″N 10°23′19″E / 55.396°N 10.3885°E / 55.396; 10.3885
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Odense Municipality
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Odense Municipality (

kommune) in Southern Denmark on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304.34 km2 (118 sq mi), and has a population of 207,762 (1. January 2023).[1]
It is the most populous municipality in the region of Southern Denmark.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Odense. Including the social sector, 17,000 people are employed by the municipality. The municipal budget is 6,881 million DKK as of 2006. The municipality runs 37 schools; Odense is also the home of 13 private schools.

Neighboring municipalities are

Nordfyn
to the north.

Geography

The Odense municipality is located near the

Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality
.

The highest point in the municipality is

above sea level
.

History

The municipality, a former "Provincial municipality" was re-created 1 April 1970 as Odense municipality as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing Provincial- Parish- and Village- municipalities: Allerup-Davinde, Allese-Næsbyhoved, Broby, Brændekilde, Bellinge, Dalum, Fraugde, Korup-Ubberud, Lumby, Odense, Paarup, Sanderum, Stenløse-Fangel, the "coalition-municipality" of Fjordager (which had been created in 1966 by merging Agedrup and Seden-Åsum municipalities), and Højby parish.

Odense municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of the nationwide

Årslev to the south. Odense belonged to Funen County 1970-2006 and before this to Odense County
.

Politics

Odense's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has five political committees.[2]

Municipal council

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

Election Party Total
seats 		Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C
F
 		O V
Ø
 		Å
2005 10 1 11 2 1 2 2 29 69.4% Jan Boye (C)
2009 10 7 6 2 3 1 65.8% Anker Boye (A)
2013 9 1 3 2 3 8 3 70.5%
2017 13 1 3 1 2 6 2 1 70.0% Peter Rahbæk Juel (A)
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Mayors

Anker Boye, former mayor

Odense's mayor is Peter Rahbæk Juel [dk], representing the Social Democrats, since 1 January 2018.

The former mayor of Odense Municipality,

Socialist People's Party and the Social Democrats.[3]

The following is a list of mayors since 1792:[4]

  • Lauritz Martin Bendz (1792–97)
  • Andreas Rosteen Lindved (1798–1816)
  • Lauritz Martin Bendz (1816–24)
  • Christian Reimuth (1824–46)
  • Christen Estrup (1847–60)
  • Louis Mourier (1861–77)
  • G. Koch (1877–97)
  • J.F. Simony (1897–1900)
  • Ludvig Dithmer (1900–11)
  • Valdemar Bloch (1911–19)
  • J.L. Christensen (1919)
  • A.P. Henriksen (1919–25)
  • H. Chr. Petersen (1925–37)
  • I. Vilh. Werner (1937–58)
  • Holger Larsen (1958–73)
  • Verner Dalskov (1973–93)
  • Anker Boye (1994–2005)
  • Jan Boye (2006–09)
  • Anker Boye (2010–2017)
  • Peter Rahbæk Juel (2018-)

Neighbourhoods and settlements

After the city of Odense itself, the next most populous locations in the Municipality are:

Bellinge 4,900
Sankt Klemens 3,200
Fraugde 1,900
Over Holluf 1,600
Næsbyhoved-Broby 1,500
Ejlstrup 1,300
Lumby 790
Blommenslyst 530
Åsum 500
Fangel 470
Seden Strand 330
Brændekilde 318
Allesø 270
Davinde 240

The municipality of Odense is divided into 11 different sectors. Neighbourhoods, suburbs and surrounding villages of the city of Odense include:[5][6]

The city of Odense

Main article: Odense
Saint Canute's Church (Sankt Knuds Kirke) in Odense, Denmark.

Odense is the third largest city in Denmark, and one of country's oldest settlements. The first record of its existence dates from 988 and the town celebrated its 1,000th anniversary in 1988. The name refers to

Saint Canute's Cathedral
. In the 16th century the town was the meeting-place of several parliaments, and down to 1805 it was the seat of the provincial assembly of Funen.

Denmark's famous author and poet Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense on 2 April 1805. Museums honouring him have been created both in a house in the old part of Odense with a large collection of his works and belongings, and his childhood home, which is also located in the city.

Odense also has a museum honouring the classical composer Carl Nielsen, who was born in Nr. Lynelse near Odense.

Transportation

The municipality is connected with all points on the island with an extensive system of roads, including the major

national railroad
system lines.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ Politiske udvalg
  3. ^ "Anker Boye" (in Danish). Den Store Danke. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Borgmestre i Odense 1378-". Odenseleksikon.dk. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ^ Google (28 June 2014). "Odense Municipality" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Lokalplaner – find den lokalplan du søger". Odense.dk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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