Hjärup

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Hjärup, or earlier Hjerup, is a detached-house suburb close to Lund, in Sweden, initially build in the 1960s–1970s on Lundaslätten, the fertile plain south for the city, initially on land sold off from the farm Hjerup belonging to the village of Uppåkra, the pre-historic predecessor of Lund.

The farm Hjerup was one of several farms of Uppåkra that in the early 19th century was rebuilt peripherically following a nation-wide village reform aiming at increased agrarian efficiency.

Hjärup consists of about 1,600 households with 3,900 inhabitants and societal services chiefly limited to preschools, schools and old people's home, as virtually all inhabitants commute to work in the Southwest Scania metropolitan area.

Hjärup was until the 1990s confined in between the railroad and mainroad Malmö–Lund. On the other side of the railroad, an apartment building district called Jakriborg is now growing. Jakriborg will likely have become equal in population with "old" Hjärup within a decade, and is planned for a maximum size of approximately 3,500 apartments or about 10,000 inhabitants.

Hjärup belongs to the Municipality of Staffanstorp.

The distance to Lund is 5 kilometres by bike, bus or car — or 3 minutes by train.
The distance to Malmö is about 15 kilometres — or 10 minutes by train.