Otterup municipality

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Otterup Church in Otterup municipality, Denmark. Photograph: [Malene Thyssen]

Otterup municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the north coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Vigelsø, and covers an area of 169 km². It has a total population of 10,973 (2005). Its mayor is Bent Dyssemark, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Otterup.

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Bogense and Søndersø to the west and Odense to the south. To the north of the municipality, and defining its norther border, is the Kattegat; to the east, and defining its eastern border, is Odense Fjord. Neighboring municipalities to the east Kerteminde and Munkebo are separated from Otterup by the waters of Odense Fjord.

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:

Bederslev Parish (Skam Herred)
Hjadstrup Parish (Lunde Herred)
Krogsbølle Parish (Skam Herred)
Lunde Parish (Lunde Herred)
Norup Parish (Lunde Herred)
Nørre Højrup Parish (Skam Herred)
Nørre Nærå Parish (Skam Herred)
Otterup Parish (Lunde Herred)
Skeby Parish (Lunde Herred)
Uggerslev Parish (Skam Herred)
Østrup Parish (Lunde Herred)
Hundstrup Parish (Skam Herred)
Krørup Parish (Skam Herred)

By January 1, 2007 Otterup municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Søndersø and Bogense municipalities to form the new Nordfyn municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 451 km² and a total population of 28,655 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Syddanmark ("South Denmark Region").

External links

[Municipality's official website]
[The new Nordfyn municipality's official website (Danish only)] (note: the domain name has not yet been updated to the new name).

References

Municipal statistics: [NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: [Eniro new municipalities map]

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