South Sweden
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| South Sweden Sydsverige |
||||
|
|
||||
| Country: |  Sweden |
|||
| Original name: | Sydsverige | |||
| Code: | SE04 | |||
| Largest city: |  Malmö |
|||
| Area: | 13,968 km² | |||
| Population: | 1,306,695 inh. | |||
South Sweden (Swedish: Sydsverige) is a National Area (Swedish: Riksområde) of Sweden. The National Areas are a part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of Sweden.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
South Sweden is situated in the southern part of its country. It is close to Denmark and it borders with the riksområden of Småland and the islands and West Sweden.
The most populous cities are Malmö, Helsingborg, Lund, Karlskrona, Kristianstad, Landskrona and Trelleborg.
[edit] Subdivision
South Sweden includes 2 counties:
Blekinge (seat: Karlskrona)
Skåne (seat: Malmö)
[edit] See also
- Greater Malmö
- Götaland
- Riksområden
- NUTS of Sweden
- ISO 3166-2:SE
- Local administrative unit
- Subdivisions of Norden
[edit] External links
Media related to National Areas of Sweden at Wikimedia Commons
|
|||||||||
 |
This Swedish geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
