Skurup Municipality

Skurup Municipality
Skurups kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Skurup
Area[1]
 • Total 510.96 km2 (197.28 sq mi)
 • Land 193.58 km2 (74.74 sq mi)
 • Water 317.38 km2 (122.54 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2016)[2]
 • Total 15,408
 • Density 30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1264
Website www.skurup.se

Skurup Municipality (Skurups kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Skurup. It is considered part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.

Localities

There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Skurup Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Skurup 6,978
2 Rydsgård 1,301
3 Skivarp 1,252
4 Abbekås 708

Places of interest

Twin cities

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 december 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

Coordinates: 55°29′N 13°30′E / 55.483°N 13.500°E / 55.483; 13.500

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