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Key facts
- Country
- Denmark
- Region
- Zealand
- Established
- 1 January 2007
- Seat
- Næstved
- Mayor
- Carsten Rasmussen ( S )
- Total
- 681 km (263 sq mi)
- Density
- 125/km (324/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Island
- Zealand
- Website
- www .naestved .dk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Denmark
- Named after
- Næstved
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Eastern Denmark
- Capital
- Næstved
- Population
- 82342
- Area
- 676.4
- Elevation
- 13
- Shares border with
- Vordingborg Municipality
- Headquarters
- Næstved
- Legal form
- municipality of Denmark
- Official website
- www.naestved.dk
- Image
- Skt. Mortens Kirke - Næstved.jpg
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- Commons category
- Næstved Kommune
- topic's main category
- Category:Næstved Municipality
- inception
- 2007-01-01
- postal code
- 4700
- owner of
- Næstved Stadion
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Næstved Municipality
- replaces
- Suså Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Gjøvik Municipality
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.naestved.dk/politik/byraad/borgerforslag
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Encyclopedic overview
Næstved Municipality (Danish: Næstved Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in the south of Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Gavnø. It covers an area of 681 km, and has a total population of 85,163 (2026). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Næstved.
On 1 January 2007, Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) merged the Næstved municipality with existing Fladså, Fuglebjerg, Holmegaard, and Suså municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality, increasing the total population to more than 80,000. As of 2024 the mayor is Carsten Rasmussen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Næstved Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.