Rødby


Rødby is a town, which was the seat of the former Rødby 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 1,993.

The harbour at Rødbyhavn

is located approximately 5 km southwest of the town of Rødby.

Notable people