- Holeby
Holeby was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") on the island of
Lolland inStorstrøm County in southDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 116 km², and had a total population of 3,982 (2005). Its last mayor was Bjarne Larsen.The main town and the seat of its municipal council was the town of Holeby.
Neighboring municipalities were
Nysted to the east ,Maribo andSakskøbing to the north, andRødby to the west. To the south was theBaltic Sea and the Fehmarn Belt.On
January 1 ,2007 Holeby municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It merged with the municipalities ofHøjreby ,Maribo ,Nakskov ,Ravnsborg ,Rudbjerg andRødby to form the newLolland municipality . This created a municipality with an area of 892 km² and a total population of 49,469 (2005). The new municipality belongs to the newRegion Sjælland ("Zealand Region").External links
* [http://www.holebykom.dk Municipality's official website]
* [http://www.lolland.dk/ The new Lolland municipality's official website (Danish only)]References
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta] , delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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