Kolding Municipality
Kolding Municipality
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The rådhus (city hall), where the municipal council convenes. | |
| 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 2025) | |
• Total | 95,897 |
| • 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 |
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 95,897 (2025). 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.
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.