Until 1 January 2007 Sydfalster was a municipality (

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, '' kommune'') in the former

Storstrøm County Storstrøms Amt (English ''Storstrøm County'') is a former county ( Danish: ''amt'') on the islands of Zealand (''Sjælland''), Møn, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands in southeast Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising ...

on the southern end of the island of Falster in south

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Overview

The municipality covered an area of 113 km², and had a total population of 6,953 (2005), which was approx. quadrupled in the summer months, when tourists come to the beaches and resorts of the east coast of the island. Its last mayor was Hans Aage Petersen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'')

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. The site of its municipal council was the town of

Væggerløse Væggerløse is a town some south of Nykøbing Falster on the Danish island of Falster. It has large housing developments and until 2006 was the administrative centre for the now defunct Sydfalster Municipality. In January 2022 it had a populat ...

. Other towns in the municipality were Bøtø By, Gedesby Strand,

Gedser Gedser is a town at the southern tip of the Danish island of Falster in the Guldborgsund Municipality in Sjælland region. It is the southernmost town in Denmark, and also the southernmost point of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. The town ...

Idestrup Idestrup is a town some southeast of Nykøbing Falster on the Danish island of Falster. As of 2022, it has a population of 1,153. History Idestrup Church built in the Romanesque style dates from the 12th century. With its whitewashed walls, r ...

Marielyst Marielyst is a small town and seaside resort some south of Nykøbing on the Danish island of Falster. Its long sandy beach has led to an extensive summer house development with some 6,000 holiday homes. As of 2022, it has a population of 726. ...

, Nykøbing Strandhuse, and Skelby.

Gedser Odde Gedser Odde on the island of Falster in the Baltic Sea is Denmark's southernmost point. The terminal moraine from Idestrup through Skelby to Gedser is part of the maximum glaciation line across Falster, from Orehoved to Gedser. Fronted by low cli ...

("Point Gedser") at the island's far southern end is Denmark's southernmost point. Ferry service connects the former municipality at the town of Gedser to

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over the

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Municipality Reform 2007

Sydfalster municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with

Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund ''kommune''. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund (''Guld ...

Nysted Nysted is a town in Guldborgsund Municipality in Region Zealand on the southeastern coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark. Nysted is located on the southern coast of Lolland, and has a population of 1,292 (1 January 2022).

Nørre Alslev Nørre Alslev () is a town with a population of 2,379 (1 January 2022) ...

Sakskøbing Sakskøbing (), previously spelled Sakskjøbing, is a town with a population of 4,595 (1 January 2022).Stubbekøbing Stubbekøbing () is a town with a population of 2,268 (1 January 2022) ...

municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,533 (2005). The new municipality belongs to

Region Sjælland Region Zealand ( da, Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regi ...

("Zealand Region").

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
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KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Guldborgsund municipality's official website (Danish only)
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