Vordingborg is a municipality (Danish

Danish language

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, kommune

Municipalities of Denmark

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) 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...

 on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in south Denmark

Denmark

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. The municipality includes the island of Masnedø

Masnedø

Masnedø is a Danish island between Zealand and Falster. The island covers an area of 1.68 km² and has 156 inhabitants. Masnedø can be reached by the Masnedsund Bridge from Zealand or the Storstrøm Bridge from Falster...

, and covers an area of 621 km². It has a total population of 46,600 (2006). Its mayor is Henrik Holmer, a member of the Social Democrats

Social Democrats (Denmark)

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 (Socialdemokraterne) political party

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It is named after the town of Vordingborg

Vordingborg

Vordingborg is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Masnedø, and covers an area of 621 km². It has a total population of 46,600...

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Overview

The Masnedsund Bridge

Masnedsund Bridge

Masnedsund Bridge is a road and railway bascule bridge that crosses Masnedsund between the islands Masnedø and Zealand in Denmark....

 connects the town of Vordingborg to the island of Masnedø. The Storstrøm Bridge

Storstrøm Bridge

Storstrøm Bridge is a road and railway arch bridge that crosses Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø in Denmark....

 connects Masnedø to neighboring municipality Guldborgsund

Guldborgsund municipality

Guldborgsund is a municipality in Region Sjælland in Denmark, spanning the Guldborgsund strait. It covers an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,496 . Its administrative seat is in the town of Nykøbing Falster...

 on Falster near the town of Orehoved. The bridge is 3, 199 meters long, and supports two lanes of traffic, plus a single track of railroad. It was inaugurated in 1937.

The Farø Bridges

Farø Bridges

300px|thumb|The Farø Bridges from above: Zealand to the left, Falster to the right and Bogø at the top The Farø Bridges are two road bridges that connect the islands of Falster and Zealand in Denmark by way of the small island of Farø which is approximately mid-way across the Storstrømmen sound...

 (The Farø High Bridge and the Farø Low Bridge) opened in 1985, and connect the two municipalies from the town of Bakkebølle Strand over Farø

Farø

Farø is an island in Denmark, located between the islands of Sjælland and Falster. It has an area of 0.93 km² and has a population of four people . Administratively it is part of Vordingborg Municipality....

 island (part of Møn

Møn

-Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...

 municipality) to Falster near the town of Sortsøgab.

On January 1, 2007 Vordingborg municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Langebæk

Langebæk

Langebæk is a town with a population of 265 and a former municipality in Region Sjælland on the southeastern tip of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. The municipality included the islands of Langø, Tærø and Lilleø, and it covered an area of 101 km². It had a total population of 6,332...

, Møn

Møn

-Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...

, and Præstø

Præstø

Præstø is a town with a population of 3,884 and a former municipality in Vordingborg Municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand near its southwestern tip in south Denmark. The former Præstø municipality included the islands of Maderne, Storeholm, and Lilleholm...

municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality.

External links

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