Municipal code 376 Area 903.2 km² | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.guldborgsund.dk Population 60,954 (1 Jul 2014) | |
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Points of interest Middelaldercentret, Fuglsang Art Museum, Crocodile Zoo - Falster, Guldborgsund Zoo, Gedser Engine shed | ||
Guldborgsund is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland in Denmark, created on 1 January 2007 from six (6) 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 km² (2013) and has a total population of 61,007 (1 January 2014). 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 2010 is John Brædder from the local party New Guldborgsund.
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Map of Guldborgsund Municipality, Denmark
The municipality has the southernmost point in Denmark, Gedser Odde.
History
On Monday January 1, 2007 Guldborgsund municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the six (6) former municipalities of Nykøbing Falster (located partly on the island of Falster and partly on Lolland (its Sundby section)), Nørre Alslev (Falster), Stubbekøbing (Falster), and Sydfalster (Falster) and two of the six former municipalities located on the island of Lolland: Sakskøbing and Nysted.
Localities
Economy
The largest company headquartered in the municipality is Codan Medical in Nysted, although its activities are actually concentrated in Rødbyhavn in neighbouring Lolland Municipality.
Tourism
Among the largest tourist attraction in the municipality is Middelaldercentret just outside Nykøbing Falster, which is an open-air museum build as a medieval town with houses and weaponry from around 1400. In Nysted is Aalholm, which is a privately owned castle. Fuglsang Art Museum holds notable collection of Danish art from the end of the 18th century until today. In Marielyst on eastern Falster are a large summer house area and long sandy beaches.