Editing Vordingborg Municipality

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| name                            = Vordingborg Municipality
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| seat                            = [[Vordingborg]]
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| leader_party                    = [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|A]]
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'''Vordingborg Municipality''' ({{langx|da|Vordingborg Kommune}}, {{IPA|da|ˌvɒːte̝ŋˈpɒˀ}}) is a ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'' in the [[Sjælland Region]], which is on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south [[Denmark]]. It was established in 2007. The municipality covers an area of 621&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It has a total population of 45,057 (2025). Its fourth and current mayor is Mikael Smed of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]], who was elected [[2017 Danish local elections|in 2017]], replacing Michael Seiding Larsen of the agrarian-liberal {{Lang|da|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]]|italic=no}} party.

The municipality takes its name from the [[Vordingborg|town of the same name]].

==Overview==
The [[Masnedsund Bridge]] connects the town of Vordingborg to the island of Masnedø. The [[Storstrøm Bridge]] connects Masnedø to the neighboring municipality of [[Guldborgsund Municipality|Guldborgsund]] on Falster near the town of Orehoved. The bridge is 3,199 meters long and supports two lanes of traffic and a single-track railway. It was inaugurated in 1937.

The [[Farø Bridges]] (The Farø High Bridge and the Farø Low Bridge) opened in 1985 and connect the two municipalities from the town of Bakkebølle Strand over [[Farø]] island (part of former [[Møn]] municipality) to Falster near the town of Sortsøgab. [[Bogø]] island is also part of the municipality.

As part of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|wider municipal reforms]], an earlier Vordingborg municipality was merged with its neighboring municipalities of [[Langebæk]], [[Møn]], and [[Præstø]] on 1 January 2007, forming the enlarged Vordingborg Municipality.

Around 135&nbsp;km (84&nbsp;mi) east of Vordingborg municipality across the [[Baltic Sea]] is [[Bornholm Regional Municipality|Bornholm]], the easternmost municipality of [[Denmark]], which is a part of the [[Region Hovedstaden|Capital Region]] of Denmark.

For the location of Vordingborg municipality relative to its neighbors, see the location diagram at the bottom of the corresponding article on Danish language Wikipedia, [[:da:Vordingborg Kommune|Vordingborg Kommune]].

==Urban areas==
The nine largest communities in the municipality are:

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Vordingborg]] || align="center"| 11,600
|-
| [[Præstø]] || align="center"| 3,800
|-
| [[Stege, Denmark|Stege]] || align="center"| 3,800
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Nyråd]] || align="center"| 2,500
|-
| [[Ørslev (Vordingborg Municipality)|Ørslev]] || align="center"| 1,900
|-
| [[Stensved]] || align="center"| 1,600
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|-
| [[Køng]] || align="center"| 980
|-
| [[Mern]] || align="center"| 960
|-
| [[Bogø|Bogø By]] || align="center"| 870
|}
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==Politics==

===Municipal council===
Vordingborg's municipal council consists of 29 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="8"| 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}}]]'''
|style="background:#00FF00;"|'''[[The Alternative (Denmark)|{{font color|white|Å}}]]'''
|-
|[[2005 Danish local elections|2005]]
|11
|2
|1
|2
|2
|10
|1
| rowspan="4" style="background:#CDC9C9;" |
| rowspan="5" |29
|72.1%
|rowspan="2"|Henrik Holmer (A)
|-
|[[2009 Danish local elections|2009]]
|8
|1
|3
|6
|3
|8
|style="background:#CDC9C9;"|
|69.1%
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2013 Danish local elections|2013]]
| rowspan="2" |8
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |11
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |75.8%
|Knud Larsen (V)
|-
|Michael Seiding Larsen (V)
|-
|[[2017 Danish local elections|2017]]
|13
|1
|1
|1
|3
|8
|1
|1
|73.9%
|Mikael Smed (A)
|-
|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]
|}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Elna Munch1.jpg|140px|thumb|Elna Munch]]
* [[Johan Friis]] (1494 at [[Lundbygård]] – 1570) a Danish statesman, Chancellor under King [[Christian III of Denmark]]
* [[N. F. S. Grundtvig|Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig]] (1783 in Udby – 1872), usually ''N. F. S. Grundtvig'', was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig |volume= XI |last= |first= |author-link= | pages=225 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Clara Tybjerg]] (1864 in Kalvehave – 1941) a women's rights activist, pacifist and educator
* [[Niels Nielsen (mathematician)|Niels Nielsen]] (1865 in Ørslev – 1931) a mathematician, specialized in mathematical analysis
* [[Elna Munch]] (1871 in Kalvehave – 1945) a Danish feminist and politician,
* [[Nina Hole]] (1941 – 2016 in Ørslev) a Danish artist, sculptor, and performance artist
* [[Henrik Koefoed]] (born 1955 in Kalvehave) a Danish actor <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462724/   IMDb Database] retrieved 14 June 2020</ref>
* [[Cecilie Thomsen]] (born 1974 on Bogø), actress and model <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860892/   IMDb Database] retrieved 14 June 2020</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of churches in Vordingborg Municipality]]

==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/20071011050224/http://kommune.eniro.dk/danmarkskort/ Eniro new municipalities map]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Vordingborg Kommune}}
* {{Official website|http://www.vordingborg.dk}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Vordingborg
 | N  = [[Næstved Municipality|Næstved]], [[Faxe Municipality|Faxe]]
 | NE = ''Faxe Bay''
 | E  = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
 | S  = [[Guldborgsund Municipality|Guldborgsund]]
 | W  = ''[[Smålandsfarvandet]]''
}}
{{Municipalities of Denmark}}
{{Authority control}}

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