Klippan Municipality

Klippan Municipality
Klippans kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Klippan
Area[1]
 • Total 381.35 km2 (147.2 sq mi)
 • Land 376.5 km2 (145.4 sq mi)
 • Water 4.85 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 16,451
 • Density 43.1/km2 (111.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1276
Website www.klippan.se

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.

Contents

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.[3] The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Klippan 7,778
2 Ljungbyhed 2,057
3 Östra Ljungby 893
4 Stidsvig 730
5 Klippans bruk 301
6 Krika 208

Buildings

The Church of St. Peter was built in 1966.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden
  4. ^ Colin St. John Wilson (1988). "Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical". Perspecta 24: 51–77. 

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Localities in Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
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