Malmö Municipality

Malmö Municipality Malmö kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Malmö
Government
• Mayor	Ilmar Reepalu (S)
Area
• Total	335.14 km2 (129.40 sq mi)
• Land	155.56 km2 (60.06 sq mi)
• Water	179.58 km2 (69.34 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)
• Total	296,169
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1280
Website	www.malmo.se

Malmö Municipality (Swedish: Malmö kommun or Malmö stad) is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Malmö.

When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the old City of Malmö was made one of the country's 88 city municipalities and the first city council was elected. The municipal territory has been augmented through amalgamations in 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1952, 1967 and finally in 1971.

In 1971 the city was also converted into a municipality of unitary type, like all others in Sweden. Malmö Municipality, however, styles itself Malmö stad (City of Malmö) in all cases when it is legally possible. This is a decision taken by the municipal assembly. It is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Urban areas

There are 8 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Malmö 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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Malmö	258,020
2	Oxie	9,225
3	Bunkeflostrand	6,874
4	Tygelsjö	1,862
5	Kristineberg	1,076
6	Södra Klagshamn	975
7	Vintrie	338
8	Västra Klagstorp	266

A small part of Malmö urban area is situated in Burlöv Municipality.

City districts

Following the 1996 City District Reform (Swedish stadsdelsreformen), Malmö Municipality is divided into the following 10 city districts (Swedish stadsdel), which manage public kindergartens, schools, and geriatric care within their geographical areas, and provide funds for local cultural and recreational activities.

Inhabitants as of January 1, 2006
Oxie	10 846
Limhamn-Bunkeflo	33 737
Rosengård	21 447
Kirseberg	13 869
Husie	18 236
Fosie	39 614
Hyllie	30 711
Södra Innerstaden	32 089
Västra Innerstaden	31 210
Centrum	38 233

Västra hamnen, in the north part of the municipality

Local government

The city hall. In the background the spire of Saint Peter's Church.

The municipal legislative body of the municipality is the 61-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the municipality's main governing bodies, the 11-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) and the 8 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by the Mayor (kommunstyrelsens ordförande).

The Mayor of the City of Malmö is Mr. Ilmar Reepalu, in office since 1995, of the Social Democratic Party.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

As of 2011, Malmö has town twinning treaties or treaties of co-operation signed with 12 cities. Of these, cooperation is closest with Newcastle, Tallinn, the province of Chieti and with Vaasa.

The complete list of cities is the following:

Province of Chieti, Italy, co-operation treaty signed in 2001. Florence, Italy, twin towns since 1989. Kaliningrad, Russia, co-operation treaty Newcastle, United Kingdom, co-operation treaty signed in 2003. Port Adelaide, Australia, twin towns since 1988. Stralsund, Germany, twin towns since 1991.

Swakopmund, Namibia, twin towns since 2008. Szczecin, Poland, twin towns since 1990. Tallinn, Estonia, twin towns since 1989. Tangshan, China, twin towns since 1987. Vaasa, Finland, twin towns since 1940. Varna, Bulgaria, twin towns since 1987.

See also

• Malmö
• Malmö urban area
• Greater Malmö

References

• Statistics Sweden