Åstorp Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Åstorp Municipality Åstorps kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
National Area	South Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Åstorp
Area
• Total	93.18 km2 (35.98 sq mi)
• Land	92.96 km2 (35.89 sq mi)
• Water	0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	14,674
• Density	157.480/km2 (407.87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1277
Website	www.astorp.se

Åstorp Municipality (Åstorps kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.

In 1974 "old" Åstorp (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.

Localities

There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Åstorp Municipality.

In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

A small part of Åstorp is situated in Ängelholm Municipality.

Demographics

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

In total there were 16,295 residents, including 11,089 Swedish citizens of voting age. 36.8% voted for the left coalition and 61.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.