Middelfart

Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 14,781 (1 January 2011). The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart municipality on the island of Funen (Danish: Fyn). The Middelfart municipality has a population of 37,701 people as of 2011. The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2 million inhabitants. The town name Middelfart means central passage - and refers to one of the three ferry links formerly connecting the island of Funen with the peninsula of Jutland - the other two being Strib and Føns. The earliest record mentioning the settlement is the Liber Census Daniæ (1231) listing it as Mæthelfar. The local dialect shortened the name to Melfar, a short form still popular in names...