Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.

The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.

Its size of 1,818.24 square kilometres (702.03 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.

Localities

There are 26 urban areas (also called tätort or locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.^[3]

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.

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Urban area	Population
Kristianstad	7004357110000000000♠35,711
Åhus	7003942300000000000♠9,423
Tollarp	7003328400000000000♠3,284
Hammar	7003205700000000000♠2,057
Fjälkinge	7003169000000000000♠1,690
Önnestad	7003137800000000000♠1,378
Degeberga	7003129100000000000♠1,291
Norra Åsum	7003126400000000000♠1,264
Färlöv	7003102600000000000♠1,026
Viby	7002991000000000000♠991
Gärds Köpinge	7002936000000000000♠936
Everöd	7002885000000000000♠885
Arkelstorp	7002768000000000000♠768
Rinkaby	7002745000000000000♠745
Vinnö	7002536000000000000♠536
Hammarslund	7002461000000000000♠461
Balsby	7002430000000000000♠430
Österslöv	7002414000000000000♠414
Linderöd	7002404000000000000♠404
Yngsjö	7002302000000000000♠302
Ovesholm	7002299000000000000♠299
Östra Sönnarslöv	7002294000000000000♠294
Bäckaskog	7002293000000000000♠293
Torsebro	7002270000000000000♠270
Huaröd	7002242000000000000♠242
Vittskövle	7002235000000000000♠235

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

References

Statistics Sweden

↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
↑ Statistics Sweden

External links

Kristianstad - Official site
Coat of arms

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

Localities in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Localities	Åhus Arkelstorp Bäckaskog Balsby Degeberga Everöd Färlöv Fjälkinge Gärds Köpinge Hammar Hammarslund Huaröd Kristianstad (seat) Linderöd Norra Åsum Önnestad Österslöv Östra Sönnarslöv Ovesholm Rinkaby Tollarp Torsebro Viby Vinnö Vittskövle Yngsjö

Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E / 56.033°N 14.150°E / 56.033; 14.150

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