Ängelholm Municipality

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

Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholms kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
National AreaSouth Sweden
CountySkåne County
SeatÄngelholm
Area
 • 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 2019)[2]
 • Total42,476
 • Density89/km2 (230/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 on a site, situated on a site, where on 18 May 1946 a UFO allegedly landed.

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

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:[3]

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 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. http://www.engelholm.se/Kommun-politik/Vara-vanorter/

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