Guldborgsund Municipality

Guldborgsund is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland in Denmark, spanning the Guldborgsund 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. 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, Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Sakskøbing, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster.

Localities

Nykøbing Falster (16,405 inh.)
Gedser (835 inh.)
Guldborg (587 inh.)
Idestrup (1,300 inh.)
Marielyst (776 inh.)
Nagelsti (523 inh.)
Nørre Alslev (2,414 inh.)
Nysted (1,389 inh.)
Øster Toreby (? inh.)
Sakskøbing (4,784 inh.)
Stubbekøbing (2,305 inh.)
Sundby (2,873 inh.)
Toreby (617 inh.)
Væggerløse (1,334 inh.)

Economy

The largest company headquartered in the municipality is Codan Medical in Nysted, although its activities are actually concentrated in Rødby Havn in neighbouring Lolland Municipality.^[1]

References

↑ "Meyer og lokalt firma blandt de 1.000 største virksomheder" (in Danish). Folketidende. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guldborgsund Kommune.

Guldborgsund municipality's official website (Danish)
Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

v t e Towns and villages of Guldborgsund Municipality

Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Hesnæs Horbelev Horreby Idestrup Kraghave Marielyst Nagelsti Nørre Alslev Nordbyen Nykøbing Falster (seat) Nykøbing Strandhuse Nysted Ønslev Orehoved Øster Kippinge Øster Ulslev Sakskøbing Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Sundby Systofte Skovby Tingsted Toreby Væggerløse Virket

v t e Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 54°46′11″N 11°52′57″E / 54.769722°N 11.8825°E / 54.769722; 11.8825

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