Kolding Municipality
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 94,528 (2023). 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 seventh largest city in Denmark.
Kolding Municipality
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Municipality | |
The rådhus (city hall), where the municipal council convenes. | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 55°29′N 9°28′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 2023) | |
| • Total | 94,528 |
| • 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 |
| Website | www |
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.