Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.

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
Country Sweden
County Skåne
SeatKristianstad
Area
[1]
 • 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 2021)[2]
 • Total86,641
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
Province Scania
Municipal code1290
Websitewww.kristianstad.se

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

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

Localities

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

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

See also

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 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. Statistics Sweden
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