Guldborgsund Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Zealand
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Seat
- Nykøbing Falster
- Mayor
- Simon Hansen (Social Democrats)
- Total
- 903.15 km (348.71 sq mi)
- Density
- 65.459/km (169.54/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 4800–4992
- Website
- www .guldborgsund .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Guldborg Sund
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Nykøbing Falster
- Population
- 60979
- Area
- 907
- Elevation
- 1
- Shares border with
- Lolland Municipality
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.guldborgsund.dk
- Image
- Nykøbing Falster Klosterkirke2.JPG
Show 8 more facts
- replaces
- Sakskøbing Municipality
- Commons category
- Guldborgsund Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Guldborgsund Municipality
- postal code
- 4800–4992
- twinned administrative body
- Harju County
- inception
- 2007-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Guldborgsund Municipality
- member of
- Union of the Baltic Cities
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Guldborgsund Municipality (Danish: Guldborgsund Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland of Denmark, created on 1 January 2007 from six former municipalities on the two islands Lolland in the west and Falster in the east bordering the Guldborgsund strait. It covers an area of 903.15 km (2013) and has a total population of 59,119 (1 January 2026). Its neighboring municipalities are Lolland to the west and Vordingborg to the north. Its administrative seat is in the town of Nykøbing Falster. Its mayor as of 1 January 2022 is Simon Hansen, representing the Social Democrats.
The southernmost point in Denmark, Gedser Odde, is located in the municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guldborgsund Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.