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Hässleholm Municipality

Hässleholms kommun
Hässleholm Railway Station
Hässleholm Railway Station
Coat of arms of Hässleholm Municipality
Coat of arms
Hässleholm Municipality in Scania County.png
Country Sweden
County Scania County
Seat Hässleholm
Area
 • Total 1,314.16 km2 (507.40 sq mi)
 • Land 1,276.52 km2 (492.87 sq mi)
 • Water 37.64 km2 (14.53 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 50,115
 • Density 38.1346/km2 (98.7682/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1293
Website www.hassleholm.se

Hässleholm Municipality (Hässleholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.

The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Hässleholm, itself incorporated in 1914, was amalgamated with seven surrounding municipalities. In 1863, there were 29 local government units, all rural, in the area.

The municipal coat of arms was granted in 1920 and registered for the new municipality in 1974. The cross symbolizes the railway junction, which is the origin of the town Hässleholm. The hazelnuts allude to the name Hässleholm, which roughly translates as "Hazel-isle".

Geography

At 1,306.27 km2 Hässleholm is the second largest municipality in Skåne County by total area. By land area Hässleholm is the largest in Scania County with 1,268.53 km2 (Kristianstad Municipality short after with 1,246.25 km2), much due to its relatively small water area of 37.74 km2.

Localities

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hässleholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Hässleholm 19,435
2 Tyringe 4,838
3 Vinslöv 4,124
4 Bjärnum 2,805
5 Sösdala 1,873
6 Vittsjö 1,796
7 Hästveda 1,747
8 Sjörröd 1,470
9 Tormestorp 1,051
10 Stoby 747
11 Finja 530
12 Vankiva 387
13 Ballingslöv 361
14 Emmaljunga 313
15 Mala 223
16 Hörja 211
17 Västra Torup 211

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hässleholm 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 52,201 residents, including 39,480 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.1% voted for the left coalition and 61.7% for the right coalition.

Industry

  • Hässleholms Workshops
  • Göinge Mechanical Workshop
  • Hässleholms Brewery
  • Hässleholms Kapsyl- och Stanniolfabrik
  • Hässleholms Filfabrik

Sport in Hässleholm

  • IFK Hässleholm

Twin towns

Notable residents

  • Bengt Bauler
  • Johan T Karlsson
  • Ida-Theres Nerell
  • Pia Hansen
  • Andreas Tilliander
  • Grönwalls
  • Andreas Dahl, football (soccer) player
  • Jon Jönsson, football (soccer) player
  • Ingrid Swede, film
  • Jan Brink
  • Åke "Kometen" Persson
  • Jeanette Thelander
  • Anders S. Nilsson
  • Glenn Wish
  • Neneh Cherry, Swedish-American singer born here but raised in London and New York City
  • Martin Ingvarsson
  • Joddla med Siv
  • Freddie Ljungberg, footballer born in Vittsjö, but grew up in Halmstad
  • Nilla Fischer, footballer
  • Gustav Fridolin, Sweden's youngest parliament member, now a journalist for Kalla Fakta
  • Bildsköne Bengtsson
  • Peps Persson, musician
  • KG Hammar, former archbishop
  • Gunhild Sehlin
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