Sakskøbing is a town and a former municipality (
Danish,
kommune) in
Guldborgsund municipality in
Region Sjælland on the northeast coast of the island of
Lolland in south
Denmark. The former Sakskøbing municipality, including the small island of Vigsø, covered an area of 176
km², and had a total population of 9,299 (2005). Its last mayor was Kaj Petersen a member of the
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne)
political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Sakskøbing. To the north is Tår's Cove (Tårs Vig) and beyond that Rågø Strait (Rågø Sund), the waterway which separates Lolland from
Zealand. A finger of Rågø Strait cuts into the former municipality forming Sakskøbing Fjord and then Sakskøbing River (Sakskøbingå), which meanders through the former municipality, as well as through Nykøbing Falster and Nysted until it terminates near the town of Bregninge.
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