Ängelholm Municipality
| Ängelholm Municipality Ängelholms kommun | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Skåne County | |
| Seat | Ängelholm | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 482.41 km2 (186.26 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 422.55 km2 (163.15 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 59.86 km2 (23.11 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population (June 30, 2012)[2] | ||
| • Total | 39,328 | |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Scania | |
| Municipal code | 1292 | |
| Website | www.engelholm.se | |
Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County 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 May 18th, 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 December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Ängelholm | 22,533 |
| 2 | Munka-Ljungby | 2,877 |
| 3 | Vejbystrand 1) | 2,764 |
| 4 | Strövelstorp | 1,012 |
| 5 | Hjärnarp | 871 |
| 6 | Skepparkroken | 705 |
| 7 | Svenstorp | 238 |
| 8 | Margretetorp | 211 |
| 9 | Höja | 200 |
1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality
International relations
The municipality is twinned with: [3]
See also
- Linjeflyg flight 277
References
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ↑ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ↑ http://www.engelholm.se/Kommun-politik/Vara-vanorter/
External links
- Ängelholm - Official site (Swedish)
- Coat of arms
- Ängelholm Tourist Office (English)
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Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E