Osby Municipality

Osby Municipality
Osby kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Osby
Area[1]
 • Total 599.84 km2 (231.60 sq mi)
 • Land 576.24 km2 (222.49 sq mi)
 • Water 23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 12,873
 • Density 21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1273
Website www.osby.se

Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on January 1, 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby 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
1 Osby 6,947
2 Lönsboda 1,899
3 Killeberg 575

International relations

The municipality is twinned with: [3]

References

  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 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.osby.se/web/Vanorter.aspx

External links

Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983

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