Ystad Municipality

Ystad Municipality
Ystads kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Ystad
Area[1]
 • Total 1,189.32 km2 (459.20 sq mi)
 • Land 350.08 km2 (135.17 sq mi)
 • Water 839.24 km2 (324.03 sq mi)
  Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total 29,848
 • Density 25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1286
Website www.ystad.se

Ystad Municipality (Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Ystad. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.

Localities

Ales stone.

There are nine urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ystad 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.

#LocalityPopulation
1Ystad17,286
2Köpingebro1,060
3Svarte836
4Nybrostrand675
5Löderup558
6Sövestad376
7Glemmingebro349
8Hedeskoga280
9Stora Herrestad258

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with:

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.
  • Ystad Municipality - Official site
  • Österlen - Official site
  • Kurt Wallander English Language site for fans of Henning Mankell's detective series, including information on, and photographs of, Ystad
  • Branagh's Wallander - Website relating to the BBC's English language Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh

Coordinates: 55°25′N 13°50′E / 55.417°N 13.833°E / 55.417; 13.833

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