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Lolland municipality

Lolland Municipality
Lolland Kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Lolland Municipality
Coat of arms
Map DK Lolland.PNG
Country Denmark
Region Region Zealand
Seat Maribo
Government
 • Mayor Holger Schou Rasmussen (S)
Area
 • Total 885.40 km2 (341.85 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)
 • Total 42,285
 • Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipal code 360
Website www.lolland.dk

Lolland municipality (on the island of Lolland) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland in Denmark. According to Municipal And Regional Key Figures (www.noegletal.dk) it covers an area of 885.40 km² (341.85 square miles) and has a population of 42,285 (1 January, 2017). Guldborgsund Municipality occupies the eastern part of the island (Østlolland).

Some topics not covered in this article, such as economy (companies), amusement parks, culture or landscape features, may be mentioned in the article Lolland and articles about the towns and the former municipalities.

The city hall and the seat of the mayor of Lolland municipality is in Maribo while the largest town is Nakskov. There are 31 members - including the mayor - of the municipal council. The current mayor - elected for the 2014-17 term of office - is a Socialdemocrat, the 1st deputy mayor is from the agrarian liberal Venstre and the 2nd deputy mayor is from Dansk Folkeparti.

On Monday 1 January 2007 Lolland municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), covering the former municipalities of Holeby, Højreby, Maribo, Nakskov, Ravnsborg, Rudbjerg and Rødby. The local politicians' original plan was to create two new municipalities: Maribo Kommune (Midtlolland: middle of the island:Holeby, Højreby, Maribo, Rødby) and: Nakskov Kommune (Vestlolland: western part of the island:Nakskov, Rudbjerg, Ravnsborg), but in a local referendum Wednesday 18 May 2005 it was decided by the voters to combine all of the 7 municipalities into one (the results were 51.6% for in Midtlolland and 54.6% for in Vestlolland). This is on a par with Sønderborg Municipality, which also is made up of 7 old municipalities, which is the highest among the new municipalities.


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