Ängelholm Municipality

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

Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E
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 2023)[2]
 • Total44,866
 • Density94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1292
Websitewww.engelholm.se

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.

#LocalityPopulation
1Ängelholm22,533
2Munka-Ljungby2,877
3Vejbystrand 1)2,764
4Strövelstorp1,012
5Hjärnarp871
6Skepparkroken705
7Svenstorp238
8Margretetorp211
9Höja200

1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ängelholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 43,599 residents, including 34,038 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:[4]

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 och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. "Valresultat 2022 för Ängelholm i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. "Våra vänorter - Ängelholms kommun". www.engelholm.se. Archived from the original on 2010-08-13.
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