Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.
The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nation-wide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.
[edit] Localities
There are 26 urban areas (also called tätort or locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.[3]
In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
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[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned with:
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Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E / 56.033°N 14.15°E / 56.033; 14.15
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