Kolding Municipality
Kolding Kommune (Danish) | |
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 The rådhus (city hall), where the municipal council convenes. | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 55°29′N 9°28′E / 55.49°N 9.47°E | |
| 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 a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. 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 the Conservative People's Party. The main city and the site of its municipal council is the seaport city of Kolding, the eighth largest city in Denmark.
Several major Danish motorways intersect in Kolding municipality. Middelfart municipality and Kolding municipality are connected by two bridges: the Old Little Belt Bridge and the New Little Belt Bridge.
On 1 January 2007 Kolding municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Christiansfeld, Lunderskov, Vamdrup municipalities, and Vester Nebel Parish in Egtved Municipality to form a new Kolding municipality.
The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[4][5]
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- ^ a b BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Postnumre i Danmark". regionsyddanmark.dk. Region of Southern Denmark. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.