- Højreby
Until
January 1 ,2007 Højreby was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") on the island ofLolland inStorstrøm County in southDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 128 km², and had a total population of 4,049 (2005). Its last mayor was Jytte Frijs, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The site of its municipal council was the town ofSøllested .Højreby municipality ceased to exist as the result of "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing
Holeby ,Maribo ,Nakskov ,Ravnsborg ,Rudbjerg andRødby municipalities 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 toRegion Sjælland ("Zealand Region").External links
* [http://www.lolland.dk/ 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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