Middelfart
Sign in to saveMiddelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 16,749 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart Municipality on the island of Funen ().
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Place details
- Locality
- Middelfart
- Region
- Region Syddanmark
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 16,277
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Middelfart
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- MiddelfartKircheAussen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Nicolaus Church
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Coat of arms of Middelfart.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 111px
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Middelfart Municipality
- Elevation
- +4
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Middelfart Municipality
- Official website
- www.middelfart.dk
- Image
- Skt nikolai kirke middelfart 01.jpg
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- Sport
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 16,749 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart Municipality on the island of Funen ().
==Etymology== The name Middelfart, first recorded as "Mæthælfar" in Valdemar's Census Book in 1231, consists of the old Danish word mæthal meaning 'middle' and far meaning 'way'. This name originally referred to the strait Snævringen ('the narrowing'), which is the narrowest part of the Little Belt, and was subsequently applied to the settlement as well.