Lund Municipality

Lund Municipality (Swedish: Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Scania County, southern Sweden. Its seat is the city of Lund.

Lunds kommun
Municipality
Lund City Hall
Lund City Hall
Coat of arms of Lunds kommun
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°42′N 13°12′E
CountrySweden
CountyScania County
SeatLund
Area
[1]
 • Total439.91 km2 (169.85 sq mi)
 • Land427.23 km2 (164.95 sq mi)
 • Water12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total127,376
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1281
Websitewww.lund.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a series of amalgamations. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 22. At the time of the nationwide municipal reform of 1952 the number had been reduced to six. In 1967 the rural municipality Torn (itself created in 1952) was added to Lund. The City of Lund was made a unitary municipality in 1971 and amalgamated with Dalby, Genarp, Södra Sandby and Veberöd in 1974 completing the process. Since 2016, the municipality is subdivided into 16 districts for the purposes of population and land registration.

Dalby Söderskog, one of Sweden's national parks, is located within the municipality near Dalby. Municipal bird of Lund is Eurasian penduline tit.[3]

Localities
Districts in the municipality

There are nine urban areas in Lund Municipality:[4]

# Locality Population
1 Lund 91,940
2 Dalby 6,486
3 Södra Sandby 6,285
4 Veberöd 4,971
5 Genarp 2,956
6 Stångby 2,032
7 Torna Hällestad 713
8 Revingeby 536
9 Vallkärra 425

Municipal council

In the 2018 municipal election, no block was able to gain control of the executive, a five-party minority coalition consisting of the four Alliance parties and local party FörNyaLund was formed as a result.[5] Philip Sandberg of the Liberals heads the executive. The election results are presented in the table below.[6] The turnout was 86.37%.

PartyVotes %Seats±
Social Democrats16,34820.3913−2
Moderate Party13,16916.4311−2
Liberals10,75313.419+2
Green Party7,6239.516−3
Sweden Democrats7,5449.416+1
Left Party6,8998.616+1
FörNyaLund6,8708.576+2
Centre Party5,0206.264+1
Feminist Initiative2,2852.8520
Christian Democrats2,1622.7020
Others1,4921.86
Invalid/blank votes828
Total80,99386.3765-

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

The municipality is twinned with the following local government areas:

In Nordic countries:[7]
Rest of the world:[8]

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. "Lund - PUNGMES" (in Swedish). Scanian Ornithological Society. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  4. "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  5. "Bekräftat: Alliansen och FNL ska styra Lund" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 2018-10-11.
  6. "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Lund - Röster" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-18.
  7. "Nordiska vänorter" (in Swedish). Lund municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  8. "Vänorter i världen" (in Swedish). Lund municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
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