Odense municipality

Odense municipality, (Danish: Odense Kommune) is a Danish municipality (Danish: kommune) in Funen County on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304 km², and has a total population of 185.871 (2005). 39 percent of Funen County's population live in this municipality.

Related Topics:
Danish - Kommune - Funen County - Funen - Denmark - Km²

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Its mayor is Anker Boye, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

Related Topics:
Social Democrats - Political party

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The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Odense. It is also the site of the Funen County council, and is the largest city on the island.

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Neighboring municipalities are Langeskov to the east, Munkebo to the northeast, Otterup to the north, Søndersø, Vissenbjerg, and Tommerup to the west, and Broby and Årslev to the south.

Related Topics:
Langeskov - Munkebo - Otterup - Søndersø - Vissenbjerg - Tommerup - Broby - Årslev

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The municipality is located near the Odense Fjord. The Odense Canal (Odense Kanal) flows out from the fjord and forms three ports in the city's industrial area. The Odense River (Odense Å) also flows out from the fjord and meanders through the municipality, including Odense town center where Sankt Jørgens Park and Munke Mose are located on its banks. The river terminates in Lake Arreskov (Arreskov Sø) in Faaborg municipality.

Related Topics:
Odense Fjord - Port - Odense River - Arreskov Sø - Faaborg municipality

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The municipality is connected with all points on the island with a extensive system of roads, including the major E20 Fynske Motorway which runs across the island through the town of Odense and connect the island on the east to the island of Zealand (Sjælland) over the Great Belt Bridge and on the west to the the Danish mainland, Jutland over the Little Belt Bridge.

Related Topics:
E20 - Zealand - Great Belt Bridge - Jutland - Little Belt Bridge

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The town of Odense is also a major stop on the national railroad system lines.

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The municipality, a former "Provincial municipality" was re-created April 1, 1970 as Odense municipality as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality 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-municipal" of Fjordager (which had been created in 1966 by merging Agedrup and Seden-Åsum municipalities), and Højby parish.

Related Topics:
April 1 - 1970

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Odense municipality will not be merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007).

Related Topics:
January 1 - 2007 - ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)

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The municipality has 37 municipal-schools and 13 private schools.

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