Ängelholm Municipality

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Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Ängelholm Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E / 56.250; 12.850Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E / 56.250°N 12.850°E / 56.250; 12.850
CountrySweden
National AreaSouth Sweden
CountyScania County
SeatÄngelholm
Area
[1]
 • Total478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi)
 • Land420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi)
 • Water58 km2 (22 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total42,476
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1292
Websitewww.engelholm.se

Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm.

In 1971 the City of Ängelholm was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp and Munka-Ljungby, thus creating a municipality of unitary type. In 1974 a parish from the dissolved municipality Östra Ljungby was added.

Ängelholm was until recently the home of a major airforce base. The base is now closed down and the premises taken over by the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.

A notable landmark is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model of a flying saucer, situated on a site where a UFO allegedly landed 18 May 1946.

Localities[]

There are 9 urban areas (also called a tätort, or locality) in Ängelholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Ängelholm 22,533
2 Munka-Ljungby 2,877
3 Vejbystrand 1) 2,764
4 Strövelstorp 1,012
5 Hjärnarp 871
6 Skepparkroken 705
7 Svenstorp 238
8 Margretetorp 211
9 Höja 200

1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality

International relations[]

The municipality is twinned with:[3]

See also[]

  • Linjeflyg flight 277

References[]

  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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ^ http://www.engelholm.se/Kommun-politik/Vara-vanorter/

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