Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality
Kristianstads kommun
Municipality
Kristianstad City Hall
Kristianstad City Hall
Coat of arms of Kristianstad Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E / 56.033°N 14.150°E / 56.033; 14.150
Country Sweden
County Skåne
SeatKristianstad
Area
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 • Total1,818.24 km2 (702.03 sq mi)
 • Land1,246.25 km2 (481.18 sq mi)
 • Water571.99 km2 (220.85 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total86,560
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
Province Scania
Municipal code1290
Websitewww.kristianstad.se

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.

Geography

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

Localities

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There are 26 urban areas (Swedish: tätort, locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.[3]

In the table, the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Urban area Population
1 Kristianstad 41,299
2 Åhus 10,487
3 Hammar 3,556
4 Tollarp 3,449
5 Fjälkinge 1,860
6 Färlöv 1,550
7 Önnestad 1,442
8 Degeberga 1,328
9 Viby 1,204
10 Everöd 925
11 Gärds Köpinge 920
12 Arkelstorp 791
13 Rinkaby 749
14 Yngsjö 717
15 Balsby 514
16 Österslöv 475
17 Linderöd 471
18 Bäckaskog 317
19 Nyehusen och Furuboda 310
20 Huaröd 267
21 Östra Sönnarslöv 265
22 Vånga 259
23 Bjärlöv 242
24 Vittskövle 239
25 Vanneberga 218
26 Skepparslöv 201

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.[4]

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

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The municipality is twinned with:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden
  4. ^ a b c d "Valresultat 2022 för Kristianstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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