Susa

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Suså is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Storstrøm County in the southern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 145 km², and has a total population of 8,529 (2005). Its mayor is Poul Erik Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Glumsø.

Neighboring municipalities are Haslev to the east , Ringsted and Sorø to the north, Fuglebjerg to the west, and Næstved and Holmegård to the south. Lake Tystrup (Tystrup Sø), Denmark's eighth largest lake, shares its western border.

The 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.

By January 1, 2007 Suså municipality will cease to exist due to Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Fladså, Fuglebjerg, Holmegaard, and Næstved municipalities to form the new Næstved municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 681 km² and a total population of 78,446 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").

External links

• [Municipality's official website]
• [The new Næstved municipality's official website (Danish only)]

References

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

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