Kristianstad Municipality

Municipality in Skåne, Sweden
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 / 56.033°N 14.150°E / 56.033; 14.150
Country Sweden
County Skåne
SeatKristianstad
Area
 • 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 2023)[2]
 • Total86,560
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
Province Scania
Municipal code1290
Websitewww.kristianstad.se

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

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

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.[4]

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Bäckaskog 1,779 1,411 29.7 68.9 84 90 10 26,719 37
Centrum 2,314 1,849 39.0 57.9 71 61 39 21,560 42
Charlottesborg-Härlöv 2,058 1,398 51.2 47.5 68 41 59 20,846 29
Degeberga-Hörröd 2,412 1,911 33.3 65.5 80 90 10 24,339 34
Egna Hem-Parkstaden 1,713 1,399 35.0 63.6 80 79 21 27,411 54
Everödsbygden 1,593 1,229 31.8 67.2 80 87 13 23,510 32
Fjälkinge-Nymö 2,285 1,706 29.4 69.7 85 90 10 26,642 34
Färlöv 2,295 1,734 37.3 62.3 84 84 16 26,918 37
Gamlegården 1 2,503 1,220 74.3 15.5 44 10 90 10,125 22
Gamlegården 2 2,664 1,431 72.9 16.9 42 14 86 10,602 22
Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby 2,165 1,628 34.3 65.2 86 86 14 27,743 39
Hammar 1,509 1,193 38.0 61.0 83 76 24 26,908 43
Hammarslund-Araslöv 2,311 1,645 34.1 65.3 83 74 26 29,088 50
Hedentorp-Åsum 2,442 1,868 36.7 62.5 85 77 23 27,230 41
Kulltorp 1,822 1,338 39.8 58.9 83 70 30 28,753 53
Köpinge-Nöbbelöv 1,659 1,243 29.3 69.7 84 90 10 27,417 34
Lyckans Höjd 1,898 1,480 45.4 52.4 71 63 37 20,108 40
Nosaby 2,067 1,529 41.4 57.6 82 73 27 28,508 51
Näsby N 1,566 1,196 56.4 41.3 72 44 56 21,865 43
Näsby S 1,960 1,358 48.8 49.7 59 54 46 16,997 48
Oppmanna-Vånga 2,282 1,767 36.2 62.7 84 91 9 24,262 42
Sommarlust 1,445 1,137 40.5 58.1 82 78 22 24,898 49
Söder 2,060 1,724 38.4 60.4 80 72 28 24,205 45
Söder-Udden 2,227 1,831 42.6 55.1 72 70 30 22,202 41
Tollarp-Linderöd 2,412 1,838 31.0 68.3 83 88 12 23,993 33
Tollarp C-N 1,689 1,261 33.6 65.5 83 87 13 24,836 30
Tollarp C-S 1,337 992 31.7 66.8 75 80 20 21,307 30
Träne-Djurröd 1,579 1,221 27.5 71.6 84 91 9 27,439 40
Vilan-Långebro 1,872 1,378 47.7 51.0 69 55 45 20,985 34
Vä 2,618 1,887 31.6 68.0 87 87 13 29,002 48
Yngsjö-Vittskövle 2,317 1,987 34.4 64.7 81 92 8 25,350 43
Åhus C 2,032 1,693 31.8 67.8 82 91 9 25,701 49
Åhus Transval 1,241 1,052 35.6 63.6 82 91 9 24,700 39
Åhus Täppet 1,977 1,604 28.9 70.3 86 93 7 29,479 47
Åhus Vanneberg 1,622 1,467 28.1 71.4 89 95 5 30,561 52
Åhus Vattentornet 2,242 1,688 29.9 69.7 90 90 10 29,439 48
Åhus Äspet 1,800 1,546 26.0 73.4 84 94 6 32,952 61
Öllsjö 2,609 1,948 34.0 65.1 88 84 16 28,674 51
Önnestad-N Strö 2,262 1,655 32.9 65.8 82 86 14 26,663 37
Österslöv-Fjälkestad 1,553 1,173 34.7 64.2 83 91 9 28,728 47
Östermalm 1,858 1,597 40.0 58.4 79 75 25 25,814 47
Österäng 2,629 1,793 60.2 34.5 55 33 67 14,661 29
Östra Fäladen 1,824 1,368 47.4 50.1 71 59 41 19,650 35
Source: SVT[4]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

See also

References

  • Statistics Sweden
  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. ^ Statistics Sweden
  4. ^ a b c d "Valresultat 2022 för Kristianstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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