| Vordingborg Municipality | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zealand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Vordingborg |
| Leader Party: | A |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mikael Smed |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 621.0 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 45,751 |
| Population As Of: | 1. January 2024 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 390 |
Vordingborg Municipality (Danish: Vordingborg Kommune, in Danish pronounced as /ˌvɒːte̝ŋˈpɒˀ/) is a kommune in the Sjælland Region, which is on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. It was established in 2007. The municipality covers an area of 621 km2. It has a total population of 45,751 (2024). Its fourth and current mayor is Mikael Smed of the Social Democrats, who was elected in 2017, replacing Michael Seiding Larsen of the agrarian-liberal party.
The municipality takes its name from the town of the same name.
The Masnedsund Bridge connects the town of Vordingborg to the island of Masnedø. The Storstrøm Bridge connects Masnedø to the neighboring municipality of Guldborgsund on Falster near the town of Orehoved. The bridge is 3,199 meters long and supports two lanes of traffic and a single-track railway. It was inaugurated in 1937.
The Farø Bridges (The Farø High Bridge and the Farø Low Bridge) opened in 1985 and connect the two municipalities from the town of Bakkebølle Strand over Farø island (part of former Møn municipality) to Falster near the town of Sortsøgab. Bogø island is also part of the municipality.
As part of wider municipal reforms, an earlier Vordingborg municipality was merged with its neighboring municipalities of Langebæk, Møn, and Præstø on 1 January 2007, forming the enlarged Vordingborg Municipality.
Around 135 km (84 mi) east of Vordingborg municipality across the Baltic Sea is Bornholm, the easternmost municipality of Denmark, which is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark.
For the location of Vordingborg municipality relative to its neighbors, see the location diagram at the bottom of the corresponding article on Danish language Wikipedia, Vordingborg Kommune.
The nine largest communities in the municipality are:
| 11,600 | ||
| 3,800 | ||
| 3,800 |
| 2,500 | ||
| 1,900 | ||
| 1,600 |
| 980 | ||
| 960 | ||
| 870 |
Vordingborg's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years.
Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.
| Election | Party | Total seats | Turnout | Elected mayor | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 72.1% | Henrik Holmer (A) | ||||
| 2009 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 69.1% | |||||||
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 75.8% | Knud Larsen (V) | |||||
| Michael Seiding Larsen (V) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 73.9% | Mikael Smed (A) | ||||
| Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 | ||||||||||||||