Næstved Municipality

Næstved Municipality Næstved Kommune
Municipality
Coat of arms of Næstved Municipality Coat of arms
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Zealand
Seat	Næstved
Government
• Mayor	Carsten Rasmussen (S)
Area
• Total	681 km2 (263 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2012)
• Total	80,967
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Island	Zealand
Municipal code	370
Website	naestved.dk

Næstved is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in the south of Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Gavnø. It covers an area of 681 km², and has a total population of 80,732 (2008). Its mayor is Carsten Rasmussen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Næstved.

On 1 January 2007, Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) merged the Næstved municipality with existing Fladså, Fuglebjerg, Holmegaard, and Suså municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality, increasing the total urban area population to more than 80,000.

Urban areas

The ten largest urban areas in the municipality are:

#	Locality	Population
1	Næstved	41.857
2	Fensmark	4.976
3	Fuglebjerg	2.160
4	Glumsø	2.138
5	Mogenstrup	1.861
6	Karrebæksminde	1.708
7	Tappernøje	1.554
8	Gelsted	1.296
9	Herlufmagle	1.286
10	Holme-Olstrup	1.184

Notable people from the wider Municipality

Matilde Bajer, 1890's

• Claus Daa (1579 in 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 (1770 in Skafterup – 1845) a Danish industrialist, ship owner and merchant
• Christian Winther (1796 in Fensmark – 1876) a Danish lyric poet
• 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 and social realism
• Bodil Hellfach (1856 in Hyllinge – 1941) a pioneering Danish nurse
• Charlotte Munck (1876 in Lille Næstved – 1932) a pioneering Danish nurse
• Knud Børge Martinsen (1905 in Sandved - 1949) a Danish officer in the Free Corps Denmark
• Michel Nykjær (born 1979 in Tappernøje) a Danish auto racing driver

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.
• Susåen ("The Suså River"), Zealand's largest waterway and longest river, runs through Næstved.

Image gallery

• 
  St. Peter's Church in Næstved
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  Rønnebæksholm
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  Gavnø
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  HerlufmagleKirke Church

References

• Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
• Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map

External links

• Gavnø island (Danish only)
• Næstved area tourism bureau
• Næstved bibliotek
• Næstved municipality's official website (Danish only)
• NæstvedNyt (Video news)
• Sjølundkirken (Danish only)