Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Ängelholm Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E / 56.250; 12.850
CountrySweden
National AreaSouth Sweden
CountyScania County
SeatÄngelholm
Area
[1]
 • Total478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi)
 • Land420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi)
 • Water58 km2 (22 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total44,866
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1292
Websitewww.engelholm.se

Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm.

In 1971 the City of Ängelholm was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp and Munka-Ljungby, thus creating a municipality of unitary type. In 1974 a parish from the dissolved municipality Östra Ljungby was added.

Ängelholm was until recently the home of a major airforce base. The base is now closed down and the premises taken over by the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.

A notable landmark is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model of a flying saucer, situated on a site where a UFO allegedly landed 18 May 1946.

Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a tätort, or locality) in Ängelholm Municipality.

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

# Locality Population
1 Ängelholm 22,533
2 Munka-Ljungby 2,877
3 Vejbystrand 1) 2,764
4 Strövelstorp 1,012
5 Hjärnarp 871
6 Skepparkroken 705
7 Svenstorp 238
8 Margretetorp 211
9 Höja 200

1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ängelholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 43,599 residents, including 34,038 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Ängelholm i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Våra vänorter - Ängelholms kommun". www.engelholm.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-13.
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