Fredericia is a town in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, part of the Triangle Region alongside the neighboring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 1650 by Frederick III, after whom it is named.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude55.564444 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Fredericia (Wikipedia)
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The city itself has a population of 41,761 (1 January 2026) and the Fredericia Municipality has a population of 52,939 (2026).
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Fredericia (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 55.564444, longitude 9.759722
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 16 m
View the Source3. GeoNames: Fredericia - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2621951
55.56568 9.75257 P PPLA2 DK 21 607 40886 16 Europe/Copenhagen
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 16 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 9.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 55.75, 9.75
55.75 9.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Fredericia
Wikidata Q21181, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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