- Suså
Until
January 1 ,2007 Suså was a municipality (Danish, "kommune") in the formerStorstrøm County in the southern part of the island ofZealand ("Sjælland") in southDenmark . The municipality covered an area of 145 km², and had a total population of 8,529 (2005). Its last mayor was Poul Erik Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats ("Socialdemokraterne") political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town ofGlumsø .Suså municipality ceased to exist due to "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Fladså ,Fuglebjerg ,Holmegaard , andNæstved municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 681 km² and a total population of 78,446 (2005). The new municipality belongs toRegion Sjælland ("Zealand Region").uså River
The former municipality shares its name with the 89 km long Suså River ("Susåen"), Zealand's largest waterway and longest river, which runs into Lake Tystrup, and helps define the municipality's western and northern borders.
External links
* [http://www.naestved.dk/ Næstved 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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