Sakskøbing

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Sakskøbing is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Storstrøm County on the northeast coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark. The municipality, including the small island of Vigsø, covers an area of 176 km², and has a total population of 9,299 (2005). Its mayor is Kaj Petersen a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Sakskøbing.

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Maribo and Holeby to the west, Nysted to the south, and Nykøbing Falster to the southeast. To the northeast is Nørre Alslev on the island of Falster, separated from the municipality by the waters of Guldborg Strait (Guldborgsund), the waterway which separates the islands of Lolland from Falster, and which defines the municipality's eastern border. To the north is Tår's Cove (Tårs Vig) and beyond that Rågø Strait (Rågø Sund), the waterway which separates Lolland from Zealand.

A finger of Rågø Strait cuts into the municipality forming Sakskøbing Fjord and then Sakskøbing River (Sakskøbingå), which meanders through the municipality, as well as through Nykøbing Falster and Nysted until it terminates near the town of Bregninge.

The municipality's island of Vigsø lies ca. 185 meters off Vig's Point (Vigsnæs), a spit of land extending out into Rågø Strait at the municipality's northeast coast, and which forms the eastern boundary to Tår's Cove.

By January 1, 2007 Sakskøbing municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Nykøbing Falster, Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,533 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").

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Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map