Lund Municipality

Lunds kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Lund
Area[1]
 • Total 439.91 km2 (169.85 sq mi)
 • Land 427.23 km2 (164.95 sq mi)
 • Water 12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 116,883
 • Density 270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1281
Website www.lund.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

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

As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of Lund Municipality consists of a lot of 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.

Dalby Söderskog, one of Sweden's national parks, is located within the municipality between the Dalby and Lund.

Localities

There are nine urban areas (or localities) in Lund Municipality.

In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Lund 82,800
2 Södra Sandby 6,136
3 Dalby 5,708
4 Veberöd 4,062
5 Genarp 2,892
6 Stångby 1,218
7 Idala 738
8 Torna Hällestad 584
9 Revingeby 545

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Lund has a sister city in each of the Nordic countries, as well as in other countries.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lund Municipality homepage, twin cities
 Eslöv Municipality
Staffanstorp Municipality Sjöbo Municipality
   Lund Municipality  
Svedala Municipality

Coordinates: 55°42′N 13°12′E / 55.700°N 13.200°E / 55.700; 13.200

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/9/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.