Hässleholm Municipality

Hässleholm Municipality
Hässleholm Municipality; Hässleholms kommun
	— Municipality —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Hässleholm
	Area
• Total	1,314.16 km2 (507.4 sq mi)
• Land	1,276.52 km2 (492.9 sq mi)
• Water	37.64 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
	Population (June 30, 2010)
• Total	50,115
• Density	38.1/km2 (98.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1293
Website	www.hassleholm.se

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Hässleholm Municipality (Hässleholms kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.

The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Hässleholm (itself incorporated in 1914) was amalgamated with seven surrounding municipalities. Back in 1863 there were twenty-nine local government units (all rural) in the area.

The municipal coat of arms was granted in 1920 and registered for the new municipality in 1974. The cross symbolizes the railway junction, which is the origin of the town Hässleholm. The hazelnuts allude to the name Hässleholm.

[edit] Localities

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hässleholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Hässleholm	17,730
2	Tyringe	4,573
3	Vinslöv	3,865
4	Bjärnum	2,643
5	Sösdala	1,785
6	Vittsjö	1,691
7	Hästveda	1,682
8	Tormestorp	1,045
9	Stoby	736
10	Sjörröd	672
11	Finja	553
12	Vankiva	363
13	Ballingslöv	321
14	Emmaljunga	291
15	Röke	243
16	Mala	228
17	Västra Torup	210