Kristianstad Municipality
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| Kristianstads kommun | |
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| County | Skåne County |
| Province | Scania |
| Seat | Kristianstad |
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| Population • Total |
24th of 290 76,540 inhabitants |
| Area • Total area • Land area • Water area |
81st of 290 1,346.00 km² 1,251.72 km² |
| Density • Total |
83rd of 290 61.1 inhabitants/km² |
| Municipal code | {{{code}}} |
| Website | www.kristianstad.se |
| Area and population as of December 31, 2006 | |
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 is 35.
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[edit] Localities
There are 26 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kristianstad Municipality, which is a tied record for Sweden, together with Sundsvall Municipality.
In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Urban area | Population |
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| 1 | Kristianstad | 33,083 |
| 2 | Åhus | 8,984 |
| 3 | Tollarp | 3,170 |
| 4 | Hammar | 1,971 |
| 5 | Fjälkinge | 1,639 |
| 6 | Önnestad | 1,366 |
| 7 | Degeberga | 1,305 |
| 8 | Norra Åsum | 1,248 |
| 9 | Färlöv | 976 |
| 10 | Gärds Köpinge | 936 |
| 10 | Viby | 936 |
| 12 | Everöd | 855 |
| 13 | Arkelstorp | 772 |
| 14 | Rinkaby | 700 |
| 15 | Vinnö | 496 |
| 16 | Balsby | 407 |
| 17 | Linderöd | 396 |
| 18 | Österslöv | 381 |
| 19 | Hammarslund | 346 |
| 20 | Yngsjö | 341 |
| 21 | Bäckaskog | 308 |
| 22 | Östra Sönnarslöv | 291 |
| 23 | Ovesholm | 283 |
| 24 | Huaröd | 274 |
| 25 | Torsebro | 262 |
| 26 | Vittskövle | 230 |
[edit] Town twinning
Kristianstad is twinned with the following cities: [1]
Espoo, Finland
Kongsberg, Norway
Koszalin, Poland
Køge, Denmark
Rendsburg, Germany
Šiauliai, Lithuania
Skagafjörður, Iceland
[edit] See also
- University College of Kristianstad
- Kristianstad County (abolished 1998)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Kristianstad - Official site
- Coat of arms
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