Klippan Municipality
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| County | Skåne County |
| Province | Scania (Skåne) |
| Seat | Klippan |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
220th of 290 381.35 km² 376.50 km² |
| Population • Total |
137th of 290 16,106 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
100th of 290 42.8 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.klippan.se/ |
| Area and population as of December 31, 2006 | |
Klippan Municipality (Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.
The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with the rural municipality of Riseberga and part of Östra Ljungby.
Söderåsen National Park is partly situated within the municipality.
[edit] Localities
There are 6 localities (or built-up areas) in Klippan Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Klippan | 7,778 |
| 2 | Ljungbyhed | 2,057 |
| 3 | Östra Ljungby | 893 |
| 4 | Stidsvig | 730 |
| 5 | Klippans bruk | 301 |
| 6 | Krika | 208 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Klippan Municipality - Official site
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