page_title: Odense Municipality
hierarchical_section_title: Odense Municipality
caption_attribution_description: Odense City Hall
context_page_description: Odense Municipality is a Danish municipality in Southern Denmark on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304.34 km², and has a population of 204,895. It is the most populous municipality in Region of Southern Denmark.
  The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Odense. Including the social sector, 17,000 people are employed by the municipality. The municipal budget is 6,881 million DKK as of 2006. The municipality runs 37 schools; Odense is also the home of 13 private schools.
  Neighboring municipalities are Kerteminde to the east, Faaborg-Midtfyn to the south, Assens to the west, and Nordfyn to the north.
context_section_description: Odense Municipality (Danish: Odense Kommune) is a Danish municipality (kommune) in Southern Denmark on the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 304.34 km² (118 sq mi), and has a population of 204,895 (1 January 2020). It is the most populous municipality in Region of Southern Denmark.
  The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Odense. Including the social sector, 17,000 people are employed by the municipality. The municipal budget is 6,881 million DKK as of 2006. The municipality runs 37 schools; Odense is also the home of 13 private schools.
  Neighboring municipalities are Kerteminde to the east, Faaborg-Midtfyn to the south, Assens to the west, and Nordfyn to the north.
caption: Odense City Hall
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