Odense commune
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State : | Denmark | ||
Region : | Syddanmark | ||
Region : | Fyn | ||
Educated: | 1970 | ||
Office (until the end of 2006) : | Fyn's office | ||
Harden : (until March 1970) |
Lunde Herred Odense Herred Åsum Herred |
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Office (until 1970) : | Odense Office | ||
Residents : | 204,895 (2020) | ||
Area : | 305.60 km² (2014) | ||
Population density : | 670 inhabitants per km² | ||
Municipality number : | 461 | ||
Administration headquarters: | Odense | ||
Address: | Flakhaven 2 5000 Odense C. |
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Mayor: | Peter Rahbæk Juel ( Social Democrats ) |
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Website: | www.odense.dk | ||
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Odense Kommune is a Danish municipality on the island of Funen in the Syddanmark region . It extends over an area of 305.60 km² and has 204,895 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The seat of the administration is in Odense .
history
Odense Municipality was formed as part of the administrative reform of 1970 and was retained in full during the new administrative reform of 2007. The municipality moved from the dissolved Fyns Amt to the new region of Syddanmark . The municipality was created through the merger of the city of Odense with the rural municipalities of Allerup-Davinde , Allese-Næsbyhoved , Broby , Brændekilde , Bellinge , Dalum , Fraugde , Korup-Ubberud , Lumby , Paarup , Sanderum , Stenløse-Fangel , Fjordager (which was only merged in 1966 the rural communities of Agedrup and Seden-Åsum ) and the parish of Højby .
Parish communities and localities in the municipality
The following parishes ( Danish : Sogn ) and localities with more than 200 inhabitants ( byer according to the definition of the Danish statistical office ) are located in the municipality , with a registered population of zero the place had more than 200 inhabitants in the past or is statistically a district of Odense considered (see footnotes for timing):
mayor
Since the municipality was founded, it has had the following mayors:
- until 1973: Holger Larsen , Socialdemokraterne (since 1958 mayor of the city of Odense)
- 1973 - 1993: Verner Dalskov , Social Democrats
- 1994 - 2005: Anker Boye , Social Democrats
- 2006 - 2009: Jan Boye , Det Konservative Folkeparti
- 2010 - 2016: Anker Boye, Social Democrats
- since 2017: Peter Rahbæk Juel, Socialdemokraterne
Twin cities
The Odense Municipality has the following twinning arrangements :
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Czech Republic : Brno
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People's Republic of China : Shaoxing
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Faroe Islands : Klaksvík
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Germany : Schwerin
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Grenada : Upernavik
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Iceland : Kópavogur
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Israel : Petach Tikva
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Japan : Funabashi
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Lithuania : Kaunas
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Sweden : Ostersund
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Sweden : Norrköping
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Norway : Trondheim
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Poland : Katowice
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United States : Colombus, Ohio
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Ukraine : Kiev
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South Korea : Iksan
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England : St Albans
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Netherlands : Groningen
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Turkey : Izmir
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Finland : Tampere
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
- ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)
- ↑ a b danskekommuner.dk: Borgmesterffekta: Odense (Danish), accessed on April 23, 2020
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
- ^ Nyt fra Danmarks Statistics - No. 415. October 1, 2007, accessed on November 30, 2010 (Danish).
- ↑ Proposal L 27 of October 9, 2008. January 22, 2009, accessed on April 23, 2020 (Danish).
- ↑ odense.dk: Principielle rammer for internationale indsatser p. 3 (Danish), accessed on April 24, 2020