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Guldborgsund is a municipality ( Danish , " kommune ") in Region Sjælland in ___MASK29___ , created on 1 January 2007 from six ( 6 ) former municipalities on the two islands Lolland in the west and Falster in the east bordering the Guldborgsund strait . It covers an area ___MASK88___ 903 . 15 km² ( 2013 ) and has a total population ___MASK88___ 61 , 007 ( 1 January 2014 ). Its neighboring municipalities are Lolland to the west and Vordingborg to the north . Its administrative seat is in the town ___MASK88___ Nykøbing Falster . Its mayor as ___MASK88___ 2010 is John Brædder from the local party New Guldborgsund . Area is the quantity that expresses the extent ___MASK88___ a two - dimensional figure or shape , or planar lamina , in the plane . Surface area is its analog on the two - dimensional surface ___MASK88___ a three - dimensional object . Area can be understood as the amount ___MASK88___ material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model ___MASK88___ the shape , or the amount ___MASK88___ paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat . It is the two - dimensional analog ___MASK88___ the length ___MASK88___ a curve ( a one - dimensional concept ) or the volume ___MASK88___ a solid ( a three - dimensional concept ). The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in ___MASK44___ Europe and the North Atlantic , where they are most commonly known as Norden ( lit ., " The North "). They consist of Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway , and Sweden , including their associated territories ( Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Åland Islands ). ___MASK37___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK37___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion ___MASK88___ the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago ___MASK88___ Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part ___MASK88___ the Kingdom . ___MASK37___ also lays claim to a section ___MASK88___ Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Arable land ( from Latin " arabilis ", " able to be plowed ") is , according to one definition , land " capable " ___MASK88___ being ploughed and used to grow crops . In Britain , it was traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths which could be used for sheep - rearing but not farmland . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection ___MASK88___ islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition ___MASK88___ antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number ___MASK88___ islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number ___MASK88___ scattered islands . The Bay ___MASK88___ Mecklenburg ( or " Mecklenburgische Bucht "), also known as the Mecklenburg Bay or Mecklenburg Bight , is a long narrow basin making up the southwestern finger - like arm ___MASK88___ the Baltic Sea , between the shores ___MASK88___ Germany to the south and the Danish islands ___MASK88___ Lolland , Falster , and Møn to the north , the shores ___MASK88___ Jutland to the west , and joining the largest part ___MASK88___ the Baltic to the east . Guldborgsund is the strait between the Danish islands ___MASK88___ Lolland and Falster . It connects Smålandsfarvandet in the north with the Bay ___MASK88___ Mecklenburg in the south . It is navigable for craft ___MASK88___ up to 6 metres draught in its ___MASK44___ part and is used for commercial traffic to Nykøbing Falster . The southern part is much shallower with a minimum depth ___MASK88___ approximately 2 metres , and can only be used by yachts and other small craft . Funen , with an area ___MASK88___ , is the third - largest island ___MASK88___ Denmark , after Zealand and Vendsyssel - Thy . It is the 165th - largest island in the world . It is in the central part ___MASK88___ the country and has a population ___MASK88___ 466 , 284 ( 2013 ). The main city is Odense which is connected to the sea by a seldom - used canal . The city ' s shipyard , Odense Steel Shipyard , has been relocated outside Odense proper . Jutland , also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula , is a peninsula ___MASK88___ ___MASK44___ Europe that forms the continental portion ___MASK88___ Denmark and the ___MASK44___ portion ___MASK88___ Germany . The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri , respectively . Jutland ' s terrain is relatively flat , with open lands , heaths , plains and peat bogs in the west and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east . ___MASK29___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest ___MASK88___ the Nordic countries , it is south - west ___MASK88___ Sweden and south ___MASK88___ Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK29___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK29___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North ___MASK22___ : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK29___ has a total area ___MASK88___ , and a population ___MASK88___ 5 . 7 million . The country consists ___MASK88___ a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago ___MASK88___ 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . Zealand is the largest ( 7 , 031 km ) and ___MASK56___ populated island in ___MASK29___ with a population ___MASK88___ 2 , 267 , 659 ( 39 % ___MASK88___ ___MASK29___ ' s total as ___MASK88___ January 2016 ). Smålandsfarvandet is a body ___MASK88___ water in Denmark . It connects Storebælt in the west with Storstrømmen and Guldborgsund in the east and serves as a waterway for coastal traffic , yachts , and other small craft . It is bordered by Zealand in the north and Falster and Lolland in the south . The largest ___MASK88___ the many islands in Smålandsfarvandet are Fejø , Femø , Askø , Lilleø , Skalø , Vejrø , and Rågø . Lolland ( formerly spelled " Laaland ", literally " low land ") is the fourth largest island ___MASK88___ Denmark , with an area ___MASK88___ . Located in the Baltic sea , it is part ___MASK88___ Region Sjælland ( Region Zealand ). As ___MASK88___ 1 January 2013 , it has 62 , 578 inhabitants . The Guldborgsund bridge ( Danish : Guldborgbroen ) spans the ___MASK44___ end of the Guldborgsund , between the islands of Lolland and Falster in Denmark . The bridge consists of two steel arched spans with a 30m central opening section having two rising bascules . It was built between 1933 and 1934 , is 180m long and 7m wide , carrying two road carriageways and was officially opened by Prince Axel 6 October 1934 . Gedser is a town at the southern tip ___MASK88___ the Danish island ___MASK88___ Falster in the ___MASK85___ in Sjælland region . It is the southernmost town in Denmark . The town has a population ___MASK88___ 768 ( 1 January 2015 ). It is an important port town on the Baltic Sea . The Baltic Sea ( ; ) is a sea ___MASK88___ the ___MASK22___ , enclosed by Scandinavia , Finland , the Baltic countries , and the North European Plain . It includes the Gulf ___MASK88___ Bothnia , the Bay ___MASK88___ Bothnia , the Gulf ___MASK88___ Finland , the Gulf ___MASK88___ Riga , and the Bay ___MASK88___ Gdask . The sea stretches from 53 ° N to 66 ° N latitude and from 10 ° E to 30 ° E longitude . A mediterranean sea ___MASK88___ the Atlantic , with limited water exchange between the two bodies , the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way ___MASK88___ the straits ___MASK88___ Øresund , the Great Belt , and the Little Belt . The ___MASK96___ ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the ___MASK63___ Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and ___MASK20___ , north - northwest ___MASK88___ mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 population ___MASK88___ 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom ___MASK88___ Denmark . ___MASK77___ is an autonomous constituent country within the Danish Realm between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans , east ___MASK88___ the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Though physiographically a part ___MASK88___ the continent ___MASK88___ North America , ___MASK77___ has been politically and culturally associated with Europe ( specifically Norway and Denmark , the colonial powers , as well as the nearby island ___MASK88___ Iceland ) for more than a millennium . The majority ___MASK88___ its residents are Inuit , whose ancestors migrated began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century , gradually settling across the island . An island or isle is any piece ___MASK88___ sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping ___MASK88___ geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK75___ . ___MASK65___ , officially the Federal Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK65___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area ___MASK88___ , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK65___ is the most populous member state ___MASK88___ the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK65___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , ___MASK78___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK1___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK1___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK44___ Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK1___ is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population ___MASK88___ 10 . 0 million . ___MASK1___ consequently has a low population density ___MASK88___ , with the highest concentration in the southern half ___MASK88___ the country . Approximately 85 % ___MASK88___ the population lives in urban areas . ___MASK41___ is a historical and cultural region in ___MASK44___ Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . A strait is a naturally formed , narrow , typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies ___MASK88___ water . Most commonly it is a channel ___MASK88___ water that lies between two land masses . Some straits are not navigable , for example because they are too shallow , or because ___MASK88___ an unnavigable reef or archipelago . Falster is an island in ___MASK100___ - eastern ___MASK29___ with an area ___MASK88___ and 43 , 398 inhabitants as ___MASK88___ 1 January 2010 . Located in the Baltic sea , it is part ___MASK88___ Region Sjælland ( County ___MASK88___ Zealand ) and is administered by ___MASK85___ . Falster includes ___MASK29___ ' s southernmost point , Gedser Odde , near Gedser . Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK88___ political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , sovereign states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the Schengen Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up ___MASK88___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK88___ mind rather than state boundaries . ___MASK49___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part ___MASK88___ Eurasia . ___MASK49___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK22___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK49___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides ___MASK88___ the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways ___MASK88___ the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders ___MASK88___ ___MASK49___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK49___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Nykøbing Falster ( originally named Nykøbing ) is a southern Danish city , seat ___MASK88___ the Guldborgsund " kommune ". It belongs to Region Sjælland . The city lies on Falster , connected by the 295 - meter - long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund (" Guldborg Strait ") waterway to the island ___MASK88___ Lolland . The town has a population ___MASK88___ 16 , 503 ( 1 January 2015 ). Including the satellite town Sundby on the Lolland side , with a population ___MASK88___ 2 , 797 , the total population is 19 , 300 .