Ystad Municipality

Ystad Municipality
Ystads kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Ystad
Area[1]
 • Total 1,189.32 km2 (459.20 sq mi)
 • Land 350.08 km2 (135.17 sq mi)
 • Water 839.24 km2 (324.03 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 29,114
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1286
Website www.ystad.se

Ystad Municipality (Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Ystad.

The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There are nine urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ystad Municipality.

In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Ystad 17,286
2 Köpingebro 1,060
3 Svarte 836
4 Nybrostrand 675
5 Löderup 558
6 Sövestad 376
7 Glemmingebro 349
8 Hedeskoga 280
9 Stora Herrestad 258

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
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Coordinates: 55°25′N 13°50′E / 55.417°N 13.833°E / 55.417; 13.833

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