Guldborgsund Municipality

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 61,219 (1 January 2018). 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 2010 is John Brædder from the local political party Guldborgsundlisten.
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.
==Politics==
Guldborgsund's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.
===Municipal council===
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
== Localities ==
Nykøbing Falster	16,405
Sakskøbing 	4,784
Sundby 	2,953
Nørre Alslev 	2,414
Stubbekøbing 	2,305
Nordbyen 	1,748
Nysted 	1,384
Væggerløse	1,334
Idestrup 	1,330
Eskilstrup	1,105
Gedser 	835
Marielyst 	776
Toreby 	617
Guldborg 	587
Horbelev 	586
Kettinge 	530
Nagelsti 	523
Orehoved 	424
Ønslev 	376
Nykøbing Strandhuse	332
Systofte Skovby 	329
Horreby 	303
Sønder Vedby Skovhuse	287
Øster Kippinge 	269
Øster Ulslev 	252
Tingsted 	228
Hasselø Plantage 	215
Sløsse 	50
*See also in List of cities and towns in Denmark.
==Tourism==
Among the largest tourist attraction in the municipality is Middelaldercentret just outside Nykøbing Falster, which is an open-air museum built 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 a notable collection of Danish art from the end of the 18th century until today. In Marielyst on eastern Falster is a large summer house area and long sandy beaches.