Summary
Skurup Municipality (Skurups kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Skurup. It is considered part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.
Skurup Municipality
Skurups kommun | |
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 Skurup Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 55°29′N 13°30′E / 55.483°N 13.500°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Skåne County |
| Seat | Skurup |
| Area | |
| • Total | 510.96 km2 (197.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 193.58 km2 (74.74 sq mi) |
| • Water | 317.38 km2 (122.54 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,861 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1264 |
| Website | www.skurup.se |
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.
Localities edit
There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Skurup Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skurup | 6,978 |
| 2 | Rydsgård | 1,301 |
| 3 | Skivarp | 1,252 |
| 4 | Abbekås | 708 |
Demographics edit
This is a demographic table based on Skurup 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 16,403 residents, including 12,295 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 35.3% voted for the left coalition and 63.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Rydsgård | 1,895 | 1,436 | 34.7 | 64.2 | 80 | 85 | 15 | 25,579 | 30 |
| Skivarp N | 2,073 | 1,476 | 34.6 | 64.3 | 81 | 82 | 18 | 25,951 | 32 |
| Skivarp S | 1,643 | 1,312 | 32.0 | 66.3 | 78 | 86 | 14 | 26,995 | 46 |
| Skurup NO | 2,037 | 1,537 | 36.1 | 62.0 | 76 | 78 | 22 | 24,151 | 25 |
| Skurup NV | 2,415 | 1,774 | 38.6 | 60.3 | 81 | 79 | 21 | 25,191 | 31 |
| Skurup SO | 2,531 | 1,923 | 33.4 | 65.4 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 22,265 | 32 |
| Skurup SV | 2,091 | 1,510 | 35.6 | 63.9 | 84 | 82 | 18 | 27,297 | 36 |
| Slimminge | 1,718 | 1,327 | 35.0 | 63.7 | 84 | 86 | 14 | 28,656 | 40 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Places of interest edit
Twin cities edit
- Maszlow, Poland
- Franzburg-Richtenberg, Germany
References edit
- 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.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Skurup i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
External links edit
- Skurup - Official site
- Coat of arms