Until January 1, 2007 Suså was a municipality (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

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) in the former Storstrøm County

Storstrøm County

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 in the southern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in south Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality covered an area of 145 km², and had a total population of 8,529 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Erik Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats

Social Democrats (Denmark)

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 (Socialdemokraterne) political party

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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Glumsø.

Suså municipality ceased to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Fladså

Fladså

Fladså was a municipality in Storstrøm County in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 133 km², and had a total population of 7,581 . Its last mayor was Hans R...

, Fuglebjerg

Fuglebjerg

Fuglebjerg, with a population of 2,189 , is a town in Næstved municipality on Zealand in Region Sjælland in Denmark.Until 1 January 2007, Fuglebjerg was also a municipality in Vestsjælland County on the west the island of Zealand in south Denmark...

, Holmegaard

Holmegaard

Until January 1, 2007, Holmegaard was a municipality in Storstrøm County in the southern part of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 66 km², and had a total population of 7,442 . Its last mayor was Søren Dysted, a member of the Social Democrats ...

, and Næstved municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 681 km² and a total population of 78,446 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Sjælland

Region Sjælland

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("Zealand Region").

External links

• Næstved municipality's official website (Danish only)