Dragsholm Municipality
Until January 1, 2007, Dragsholm municipality was a municipality in West Zealand County on the northwest coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark, in a region known as Lammefjord, named after the inlet to the east of the municipality. The municipality covered an area of 152 km², and had a total population of 13,820. Its last mayor was Finn Madsen, a member of the Social Democrats political party.
The area is a popular summer home and beach area. Many people travel through the area on their way to Zealand's Point, a long spit of land north of the municipality from where ferry service via Mols-linien connects Zealand to the Danish mainland, the Jutland peninsula, at Århus and Ebeltoft.
Dragsholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Nykøbing-Rørvig and Trundholm municipalities to form the new Odsherred municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 355 km² and a total population of 32,739. The new municipality belong to Region Sjælland.
