Lund Municipality

Lunds kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Lund
Area[1]
• Total	439.91 km2 (169.85 sq mi)
• Land	427.23 km2 (164.95 sq mi)
• Water	12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2014)[2]
• Total	115,968
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1281
Website	www.lund.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Lund Municipality (Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County, southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lund.

As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of Lund Municipality consists of a lot of former local government units, united in a series of amalgamations. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 22. At the time of the nation-wide municipal reform of 1952 the number had been reduced to six. In 1967 the rural municipality Torn (itself created in 1952 was added to Lund. The City of Lund was made a unitary municipality in 1971 and amalgamated with Dalby, Genarp, Södra Sandby and Veberöd in 1974 completing the process.

Dalby Söderskog, one of Sweden's national parks, is located within the municipality between the Dalby and Lund.

Localities

There are nine urban areas (or localities) in Lund Municipality.

In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Lund has a sister city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other countries.^[3]

• Viborg Municipality, Denmark
• Hamar, Norway
• Porvoo, Finland
• Dalvík, Iceland
• Nevers, France
• León, Nicaragua
• Greifswald, Germany
• Coimbra, Portugal
• Zabrze, Poland

References

• Statistics Sweden

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 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved March 2015. 
3. ↑ Lund Municipality homepage, twin cities

External links

• Lund Municipality - Official site

		Eslöv Municipality
	Staffanstorp Municipality		Sjöbo Municipality
	Lund Municipality
		Svedala Municipality

Municipalities and seats of Scania County Municipalities Ängelholm Åstorp Båstad Bjuv Bromölla Burlöv Eslöv Hässleholm Helsingborg Höganäs Höör Hörby Kävlinge Klippan Kristianstad Landskrona Lomma Lund Malmö Örkelljunga Osby Östra Göinge Perstorp Simrishamn Sjöbo Skurup Staffanstorp Svalöv Svedala Tomelilla Trelleborg Vellinge Ystad Municipal seats Ängelholm Arlöv Åstorp Båstad Bjuv Broby Bromölla Eslöv Hässleholm Helsingborg Höganäs Höör Hörby Kävlinge Klippan Kristianstad Landskrona Lomma Lund Malmö Örkelljunga Osby Perstorp Simrishamn Sjöbo Skurup Staffanstorp Svalöv Svedala Tomelilla Trelleborg Vellinge Ystad Counties of Sweden Sweden

Coordinates: 55°42′N 13°12′E / 55.700°N 13.200°E / 55.700; 13.200