Editing Næstved Municipality

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| seat                    = [[Næstved]]
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| leader_party            = [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|S]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Carsten Rasmussen
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'''Næstved Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Næstved Kommune}} is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Region Sjælland]] on the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] in the south of [[Denmark]]. The municipality includes the island of [[Gavnø]].  It covers an area of 681&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and has a total population of 84,895 (2025). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of [[Næstved]].

On 1 January 2007, [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007)]] merged the Næstved municipality with existing [[Fladså]], [[Fuglebjerg]], [[Holmegaard]], and [[Suså Municipality|Suså]] municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality, increasing the total population to more than 80,000. As of 2024 the mayor is [[2021 Danish local elections#Overview of mayors prior to and after the elections|Carsten Rasmussen]].

== Locations ==
The ten largest locations in the municipality are:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Næstved]] || align="center"| 43,800
|-
| [[Fensmark]] || align="center"| 5,100 
|-
| [[Fuglebjerg]] || align="center"| 2,200
|-
| [[Glumsø]] || align="center"| 2,100
|-
| [[Mogenstrup]] || align="center"| 2,000
|-
| [[Karrebæksminde, Næstved|Karrebæksminde]] || align="center"| 1,800
|-
| [[Tappernøje]] || align="center"| 1,600
|-
| [[Herlufmagle, Næstved|Herlufmagle]] || align="center"|1,400
|-
| [[Gelsted, Næstved|Gelsted]] || align="center"| 1,300
|-
| [[Holme-Olstrup]] || align="center"| 1,200
|}

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Næstved's municipal council consists of 31 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|Municipal Reform of 2007]].

{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="7"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
! rowspan="2"| Elected<br/>mayor
|-
|style="background:#B5211D;"|'''[[Social Democrats (Denmark)|{{font color|white|A}}]]'''
|style="background:#843A93;"|'''[[Danish Social Liberal Party|{{font color|white|B}}]]'''
|style="background:#89A920;"|'''[[Conservative People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#C9096C;"|'''[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|{{font color|white|F}}]]'''
|style="background:#F4D44D;"|'''[[Danish People's Party|{{font color|white|O}}]]'''
|style="background:#254C85;"|'''[[Venstre (Denmark)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#FF0000;"|'''[[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Ø}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|17
|1
|2
|1
|1
|9
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="4"|31
|69.0%
|rowspan="2"|Henning Jensen (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|11
|2
|2
|4
|3
|9
|64.5%
|-
|[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
|14
|1
|3
|1
|3
|8
|1
|74.0%
|rowspan="2"|Carsten Rasmussen (A)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|13
|2
|2
|1
|2
|9
|2
|71.2%
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2005/adk.htm Kmdvalg.dk 2005], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2009/adk.htm 2009], [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2013/Default.htm 2013] and [https://www.kmdvalg.dk/kv/2017/KMDValgKV.html 2017]
|}

==Attractions==
* [[Gavnø Castle]] on the island of Gavnø has a large, beautiful park with seasonal flower displays.  A magnificent display of spring bulbs can be seen during the month of May.  The castle has an extensive collection of paintings.  In addition to the castle and grounds, there is a church, a live, tropical butterfly collection, and a collection of historic firetrucks.  It is open annually from mid-April until the end of August.
* The boat ''Friheden'' ("Freedom") runs regular, round-trip  service from May–August.  The 2½ hour trip starts in the center of Næstved, and goes through the Næstved Canal, to the Gavnø Castle, and out on Karrebæk Fjord to the town of Karrebæksminde before returning to Næstved.  It is possible to disembark at Gavnø and at Karrebæksminde.
* [[Herlufsholm School]] is Denmark's oldest private boarding school.
* [[Suså River|Suså]]en ("The Suså River"), Zealand's largest waterway and longest river, runs through Næstved.

== Notable people ==
[[File:Matilde Bajer by Christensen &amp; Morange.jpg|140px|thumb|Matilde Bajer, 1890s]]
* [[Claus Daa (1579–1641)|Claus Daa]] (1579 in [[Ravnstrup, Næstved Municipality|Ravnstrup]] – 1641) a Danish admiral, nobleman and landowner
* [[Frederik Danneskjold-Samsøe]] (1703 in Assendrup Manor – 1778) a politician, minister, admiral, chief of the Danish marine
* [[Jacob Holm (industrialist)|Jacob Holm]] (1770 in Skafterup – 1845) a Danish industrialist, ship owner and merchant
* [[Christian Winther]] (1796 in Fensmark – 1876) a Danish lyric poet <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Winther,_Christian  |volume= 28 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Malthe Conrad Lottrup]] (1815 in Holmegaard – 1870) a Danish merchant, politician and brewer 
* [[Matilde Bajer]] (1840 in Frederikseg – 1934) a Danish women's rights activist and pacifist
* [[Eggert Achen]] (1853 in Kvislemark – 1913) a Danish architect
* [[L. A. Ring]] (1854 in Ring – 1933) a Danish painter, pioneered [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]] and [[social realism]] 
* [[Bodil Hellfach]] (1856 in Hyllinge – 1941) a pioneering Danish nurse
* [[Charlotte Munck (nurse)|Charlotte Munck]] (1876 in Lille Næstved – 1932) a pioneering Danish nurse 
* [[Knud Børge Martinsen]] (1905 in [[Sandved, Denmark|Sandved]] - 1949) a Danish officer in the [[Free Corps Denmark]]
* [[Michel Nykjær]] (born 1979 in Tappernøje) a Danish auto racing driver

==Image gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Skt. Peders Kirke - Næstved.jpg|[[St. Peter's Church, Næstved|St. Peter's Church]] in Næstved
Image:Roennebaeksholm1.jpg|Rønnebæksholm
Image:Gavno Slot (2461557643).jpg|[[Gavnø]]
Image:HerlufmagleKirke.JPG|HerlufmagleKirke Church
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060207074938/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Næstved Kommune}}
* [http://www.gavnoe.dk/ Gavnø island (Danish only)]
* [http://www.visitnaestved.com/ Næstved area tourism bureau]
* [http://www.naesbib.dk/ Næstved bibliotek ]
* [http://www.naestved.dk/ Næstved municipality's official website (Danish only)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073727/http://www.naestvednyt.dk/ NæstvedNyt (Video news)]
* [http://www.sjoelundkirken.dk/ Sjølundkirken (Danish only)]

{{Næstved Municipality}}
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Næstved
 | N  = [[Sorø Municipality|Sorø]]
 | NE = [[Ringsted Municipality|Ringsted]]
 | E  = [[Faxe Municipality|Faxe]]
 | S  = [[Vordingborg Municipality|Vordingborg]]
 | SW = ''Karrebæksminde Bay ([[Smålandsfarvandet]])''
 | W  = [[Slagelse Municipality|Slagelse]]
}}
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