Simrishamn Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simrishamn Municipality
Simrishamns kommun
Municipality
Simrishamn Library
Simrishamn Library
Coat of arms of Simrishamn Municipality
Coat of arms
Simrishamn Municipality in Scania County.png
Coordinates: 55°33′N 14°21′E / 55.550°N 14.350°E / 55.550; 14.350Coordinates: 55°33′N 14°21′E / 55.550°N 14.350°E / 55.550; 14.350
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatSimrishamn
Area
[1]
 • Total1,261.15 km2 (486.93 sq mi)
 • Land391.36 km2 (151.10 sq mi)
 • Water869.79 km2 (335.83 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total19,174
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1291
Websitewww.simrishamn.se

Simrishamn Municipality (Swedish: Simrishamns kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn.

The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nationwide municipal reforms carried out in Sweden during the second half of the 20th century. In 1969 a number of surrounding rural municipalities were merged with the City of Simrishamn. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type in 1971 and in 1974 more territory was added. The number of original entities (pre-1952) is twenty.

Geography[]

The landscape south and west of Simrishamn is mainly open and flat farmland. To the north of Simrishamn the landscape is broken up by small forests and gently sloping hills. The coastline directly south and north of Simrishamn is stony. Stenshuvud National Park is located by the shore, within the municipal borders. Simrishamn is located in the Österlen area.

Vitemölla, Simrishamn municipality
Åkarps brydestua is a barn for flax drying from the 18th century in Simrishamn municipality
Farm in Rörum, Simrishamn municipality
Hammenhögs Kyrka in Hammenhög, Simrishamn Municipality
Malarhusen, Simrishamn Municipality

Localities[]

There are 13 urban areas (also called tätorter or localities) in Simrishamn 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 Simrishamn 6546
2 Kivik 1013
3 Skillinge 1005
4 Gärsnäs 955
5 Borrby 947
6 Hammenhög 908
7 Sankt Olof 640
8 Brantevik 451
9 Östra Tommarp 279
10 Vik 264
11 Vitaby 255
12 Baskemölla 238
13 Simris 235

Minor localities[]

There are 14 minor localities (also called småorter) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

# Minor locality Population
14 Östra Vemmerlöv 194
15 190
16 Järrestad 170
17 128
18 111
19 105
20 Vitemölla 100
21 92
22 87
23 69
24 67
25 58
26 55
27 + * 54

* Counted together

Politics[]

The 2018 municipal election resulted in the following composition of the municipal council:[3]

Party Seats
Moderate Party 12
Social Democratic Party 11
Sweden Democrats 8
Centre Party 4
Liberals 3
Feminist Initiative 3
Green Party 2
Left Party 2
Christian Democrats 2
2
Total 49

International relations[]

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

Twin towns — Sister cities[]

The municipality is twinned with:[4]

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. ^ "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Simrishamn - Valda" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-17.
  4. ^ "Simrishamns kommuns vänorter" (in Swedish). Simrishamn Municipality. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""