Guldborgsund is a municipality

Municipalities of Denmark

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 (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune) in Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

Region Zealand is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger units, cutting the number of...

 in Denmark

Denmark

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, spanning the Guldborgsund

Guldborgsund

Guldborgsund is the strait between the Danish islands of Lolland and Falster that connects Smålandsfarvandet in the north with Bay of Mecklenburg in the south. It is navigable for craft of up to 6 metres draught in its northern part and is used for commercial traffic to Nykøbing Falster...

 strait. It covers an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,496 (2008). Its administrative seat is in the town of Nykøbing Falster

Nykøbing Falster

Nykøbing Falster is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund kommune. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the 295-meter-long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,464...

. Its mayor as of 2010 is John Brædder from the local party New Guldborgsund.

History

On January 1, 2007 Guldborgsund municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the former municipalities of Nykøbing Falster

Nykøbing Falster

Nykøbing Falster is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund kommune. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the 295-meter-long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,464...

, Nysted

Nysted

Nysted is a town in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the southeastern coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark.-The town of Nysted:...

, Nørre Alslev

Nørre Alslev

Nørre Alslev is a town with a population of 2,407 on the northern end of the island of Falster in south Denmark. It belongs to Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland....

, Sakskøbing

Sakskøbing

thumb|The water tower in SakskøbingSakskøbing is a town with a population of 4,701 and a former municipality in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeast coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark...

, Stubbekøbing

Stubbekøbing

Stubbekøbing is a town with a population of 2,298 in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeastern coast of the island of Falster in south Denmark...

, and Sydfalster

Sydfalster

Until January 1, 2007 Sydfalster was a municipality in the former Storstrøm County on the southern end of the island of Falster in south Denmark.-Overview:...

.

Localities

• Nykøbing Falster
  Nykøbing Falster
  Nykøbing Falster is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund kommune. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the 295-meter-long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,464...
  
   (16,405 inh.)
• Gedser
  Gedser
  Gedser is a town at the southern tip of the Danish island of Falster in the Guldborgsund Municipality in Sjælland region. It is the southernmost town in Denmark. The town has a population of 809...
  
   (835 inh.)
• Guldborg (587 inh.)
• Idestrup (1,300 inh.)
• Marielyst (776 inh.)
• Nagelsti (523 inh.)
• Nørre Alslev
  Nørre Alslev
  Nørre Alslev is a town with a population of 2,407 on the northern end of the island of Falster in south Denmark. It belongs to Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland....
  
   (2,414 inh.)
• Nysted
  Nysted
  Nysted is a town in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the southeastern coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark.-The town of Nysted:...
  
   (1,389 inh.)
• Øster Toreby (? inh.)
• Sakskøbing
  Sakskøbing
  thumb|The water tower in SakskøbingSakskøbing is a town with a population of 4,701 and a former municipality in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeast coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark...
  
   (4,784 inh.)
• Stubbekøbing
  Stubbekøbing
  Stubbekøbing is a town with a population of 2,298 in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeastern coast of the island of Falster in south Denmark...
  
   (2,305 inh.)
• Sundby
  Sundby (Lolland)
  Sundby is a town with a population of 2,872 on the east coast of the Danish island of Lolland located at the western shore of Guldborgsund just opposite the town of Nykøbing Falster on Falster...
  
   (2,873 inh.)
• Toreby (617 inh.)
• Væggerløse (1,334 inh.)

External links

• Guldborgsund municipality's official website