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Kristianstad Municipality - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E / 56.033°N 14.150°E

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Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstads kommun
Municipality
Kristianstad City Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E / 56.033°N 14.150°E / 56.033; 14.150
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne
Seat	Kristianstad
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,818.24 km² (702.03 sq mi)
• Land	1,246.25 km² (481.18 sq mi)
• Water	571.99 km² (220.85 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	86,560
• Density	48/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1290
Website	www.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

Bäckaskog

1,779

1,411

29.7

68.9

26,719

Centrum

2,314

1,849

39.0

57.9

21,560

Charlottesborg-Härlöv

2,058

1,398

51.2

47.5

20,846

Degeberga-Hörröd

2,412

1,911

33.3

65.5

24,339

Egna Hem-Parkstaden

1,713

1,399

35.0

63.6

27,411

Everödsbygden

1,593

1,229

31.8

67.2

23,510

Fjälkinge-Nymö

2,285

1,706

29.4

69.7

26,642

Färlöv

2,295

1,734

37.3

62.3

26,918

Gamlegården 1

2,503

1,220

74.3

15.5

10,125

Gamlegården 2

2,664

1,431

72.9

16.9

10,602

Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby

2,165

1,628

34.3

65.2

27,743

Hammar

1,509

1,193

38.0

61.0

26,908

Hammarslund-Araslöv

2,311

1,645

34.1

65.3

29,088

Hedentorp-Åsum

2,442

1,868

36.7

62.5

27,230

Kulltorp

1,822

1,338

39.8

58.9

28,753

Köpinge-Nöbbelöv

1,659

1,243

29.3

69.7

27,417

Lyckans Höjd

1,898

1,480

45.4

52.4

20,108

Nosaby

2,067

1,529

41.4

57.6

28,508

Näsby N

1,566

1,196

56.4

41.3

21,865

Näsby S

1,960

1,358

48.8

49.7

16,997

Oppmanna-Vånga

2,282

1,767

36.2

62.7

24,262

Sommarlust

1,445

1,137

40.5

58.1

24,898

Söder

2,060

1,724

38.4

60.4

24,205

Söder-Udden

2,227

1,831

42.6

55.1

22,202

Tollarp-Linderöd

2,412

1,838

31.0

68.3

23,993

Tollarp C-N

1,689

1,261

33.6

65.5

24,836

Tollarp C-S

1,337

992

31.7

66.8

21,307

Träne-Djurröd

1,579

1,221

27.5

71.6

27,439

Vilan-Långebro

1,872

1,378

47.7

51.0

20,985

Vä

2,618

1,887

31.6

68.0

29,002

Yngsjö-Vittskövle

2,317

1,987

34.4

64.7

25,350

Åhus C

2,032

1,693

31.8

67.8

25,701

Åhus Transval

1,241

1,052

35.6

63.6

24,700

Åhus Täppet

1,977

1,604

28.9

70.3

29,479

Åhus Vanneberg

1,622

1,467

28.1

71.4

30,561

Åhus Vattentornet

2,242

1,688

29.9

69.7

29,439

Åhus Äspet

1,800

1,546

26.0

73.4

32,952

Öllsjö

2,609

1,948

34.0

65.1

28,674

Önnestad-N Strö

2,262

1,655

32.9

65.8

26,663

Österslöv-Fjälkestad

1,553

1,173

34.7

64.2

28,728

Östermalm

1,858

1,597

40.0

58.4

25,814

Österäng

2,629

1,793

60.2

34.5

14,661

Östra Fäladen

1,824

1,368

47.4

50.1

19,650

Source: SVT^[4]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Statistics Sweden
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Valresultat 2022 för Kristianstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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Municipal seats	Ängelholm Arlöv Åstorp Båstad Bjuv Broby Bromölla Eslöv Hässleholm Helsingborg Höganäs Höör Hörby Kävlinge Klippan Kristianstad Landskrona Lomma Lund Malmö Örkelljunga Osby Perstorp Simrishamn Sjöbo Skurup Staffanstorp Svalöv Svedala Tomelilla Trelleborg Vellinge Ystad
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v t e Localities in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
Localities	Åhus Arkelstorp Bäckaskog Balsby Degeberga Everöd Färlöv Fjälkinge Gärds Köpinge Hammar Hammarslund Huaröd Kristianstad (seat) Linderöd Norra Åsum Önnestad Österslöv Östra Sönnarslöv Ovesholm Rinkaby Tollarp Torsebro Viby Vinnö Vittskövle Yngsjö

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