Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
National Area South Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Ängelholm
Area[1]
 • Total 478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi)
 • Land 420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi)
 • Water 58 km2 (22 sq mi)
  Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total 41,786
 • Density 87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1292
Website www.engelholm.se

Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Skåne 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 on a site, situated on a site, where on 18 May 1946 a UFO allegedly landed.

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.

#LocalityPopulation
1Ängelholm22,533
2Munka-Ljungby2,877
3Vejbystrand 1)2,764
4Strövelstorp1,012
5Hjärnarp871
6Skepparkroken705
7Svenstorp238
8Margretetorp211
9Höja200

1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.engelholm.se/Kommun-politik/Vara-vanorter/

Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E / 56.250; 12.850

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