Rødby

Rødby is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lolland in Denmark. The former Rødby municipality covered an area of 120 km², and had a total population of 6,590 . Its last mayor was Hans Ole Sørensen, a member of the Venstre political party.On 1 January 2007 Rødby municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen . It was merged with the existing Holeby, Højreby, Maribo, Nakskov, Ravnsborg, and Rudbjerg municipalities to form the new Lolland municipality. This creates a municipality with an area of 892 km² and a total resident population of 49,469 . The new municipality is part of the Region Sjælland . The town of Rødby has a resident population of 2,110 .The harbour at RødbyhavnRødbyhavn ("Rødby Harbour") is located approximately 5 km southwest of the town of Rødby.