Malmö Municipality

Malmö Municipality (Swedish: Malmö kommun [ˈmalːˈmøː kɔˈmuːn]), or City of Malmö (Malmö stad [ˈmalːˈmøː ˈstɑːd]), is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden.

When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863, the Old City of Malmö was made one of the country's 88 city municipalities and the first city council was elected. The municipal territory has been augmented through mergers in 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1952, 1967 and finally in 1971.

In 1971, the city was also converted into a municipality of unitary type, like all others in Sweden. Malmö Municipality, however, styles itself Malmö stad (City of Malmö) in all cases when it is legally possible. This is a decision taken by the municipal assembly. It is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Localities

There are nine urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) and four smaller localities (småorter) in the municipality.^[3]^[4]

The localities are listed in the table according to the size of the population in 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

Note that a small part of Malmö (Arlöv) is situated in Burlöv Municipality.

#	Locality	Population
1	Malmö	270,214
2	Oxie	11,493
3	Bunkeflostrand	10,386
4	Tygelsjö	2,710
5	Södra Klagshamn	1,367
6	Vintrie	670
7	Västra Klagstorp	279
8	Toarp	219
9	Skumparp	205
10	Slättäng	98
10	Lockarp	54
11	Pile-Tygelsjö	52
12	Krumby	52

City districts

Malmö's city districts.

After a reform on 1 July 2013, Malmö Municipality is divided into five city districts (Swedish: stadsområde).^[5]^[6] They manage public kindergartens, schools, and geriatric care within their geographical areas, and provide funds for local cultural and recreational activities.

There are 136 neighbourhoods.^[7]

Inhabitants as of 1 January 2013^[8]
Väster	75,600
Innerstaden	67,900
Norr	62,100
Söder	56,300
Öster	44,300

City districts before July 2013.

Before the reform on July 2013, Malmö Municipality was divided into ten city districts (Swedish: stadsdel) after the 1996 City District Reform (Swedish: stadsdelsreformen).

City district	Population^[9]	Area (hectare)^[10]	Density (people/km²)
Centrum	7004471710000000000♠47,171	7003175700000000000♠1,757	7003268500000000000♠2,685
Fosie	7004438890000000000♠43,889	7003124300000000000♠1,243	7003353100000000000♠3,531
Limhamn-Bunkeflo	7004426460000000000♠42,646	7003514700000000000♠5,147	7002829000000000000♠829
Södra Innerstaden	7004346710000000000♠34,671	7002302000000000000♠302	7004114800000000000♠11,480
Västra Innerstaden	7004331910000000000♠33,191	7002465000000000000♠465	7003713800000000000♠7,138
Hyllie	7004329980000000000♠32,998	7002901000000000000♠901	7003366200000000000♠3,662
Rosengård	7004235630000000000♠23,563	7002332000000000000♠332	7003709700000000000♠7,097
Husie	7004207690000000000♠20,769	7003294800000000000♠2,948	7002705000000000000♠705
Kirseberg	7004149590000000000♠14,959	7002640000000000000♠640	7003233700000000000♠2,337
Oxie	7004124530000000000♠12,453	7003230600000000000♠2,306	7002540000000000000♠540

Västra hamnen (Norr) on the left and Ribersborgsstranden (Innerstaden) on the right side, separated by Turbinkanalen at the center

Local government

The municipal legislative body of the municipality is the 61-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the municipality's main governing bodies, the 11-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) and the 8 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by a municipal commissioner (kommunstyrelsens ordförande) or "mayor". The mayor is Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh of the Social Democratic Party.^[11]

There are seven political parties represented in the council elected in 2014: Social Democratic Party (21 seats), Moderate Party (14), Sweden Democrats (9), Green Party (6), Left party (6), Liberal People's Party (3) and Feminist Initiative (2).^[12]

International cooperation

Twin towns — Sister cities

As of 2011, Malmö has town twinning treaties or treaties of co-operation signed with 13 cities. Of these, cooperation is closest with Newcastle, Tallinn, the province of Chieti and with Vaasa.

The complete list of cities is the following:^[13]

Antalya, Turkey, twin towns since 2008.^[14]
Province of Chieti, Italy, co-operation treaty signed in 2001.^[13]
Florence, Italy, twin towns since 1989.^[13]
Kaliningrad, Russia, co-operation treaty^[13]^[15]
Newcastle, United Kingdom, co-operation treaty signed in 2003.^[13]
Port Adelaide, Australia, twin towns since 1988.^[13]
Stralsund, Germany, twin towns since 1991.^[13]

Swakopmund, Namibia, twin towns since 2008.^[16]
Szczecin, Poland, twin towns since 1990.^[13]^[17]
Tallinn, Estonia, twin towns since 1989.^[13]
Tangshan, China, twin towns since 1987.^[13]
Vaasa, Finland, twin towns since 1940.^[13]
Varna, Bulgaria, twin towns since 1987.^[13]

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Folkmängd per tätort och småort 2010, per kommun". Statistics Sweden (in Swedish). 26 June 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
↑ "Småorter 2010 (Smaller localities 2010)" (PDF). Statistics Sweden (in Swedish). 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
↑ "Nystart för ett bättre Malmö". Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). 27 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ "Malmös karta har ritats om". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ "Befolkning per stadsområde, stadsdel, delområde 2007-2014". Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). 13 April 2015.
↑ "Malmö in brief" (PDF). Malmö Municipality. December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
↑ "Befolkningsbokslut Malmö 2012" (PDF). Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
↑ "Blad1 (Areal)". Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2014.
↑ Source: Malmö City Council
↑ "Valresultat - Malmö, Kommunval" (in Swedish). SVT. 22 September 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Vänorter" (in Swedish). Malmö stad. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ "MALMÖ/ İSVEÇ" (PDF).
↑ "Kaliningrad - Partner Cities". City of Kaliningrad. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ "SISTER CITIES & TOWNS" (PDF). Newsletter of the Municipality of Swakopmund. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
↑ "Kontakty partnerskie Miasta Szczecin". Urząd Miasta Szczecin (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2013-07-29.

External links

Municipalities and seats of Scania County

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Counties of Sweden Sweden

Localities in Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Localities	Bunkeflostrand Krumby Lockarp Malmö (part of) (seat) Oxie Skumparp Slättäng Södra Klagshamn Tygelsjö Toarp Vintrie Västra Klagstorp Pile-Tygelsjö

Coordinates: 55°35′N 13°02′E / 55.583°N 13.033°E / 55.583; 13.033

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