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Halmstad Municipality

Halmstads kommun
Halmstad City Hall
Halmstad City Hall
Coat of arms of Halmstad Municipality
Coat of arms
Halmstad Municipality in Halland County.png
Country Sweden
County Halland County
Seat Halmstad
Area
 • Total 1,705.91 km2 (658.66 sq mi)
 • Land 1,020.1 km2 (393.9 sq mi)
 • Water 685.81 km2 (264.79 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 91,419
 • Density 53.5896/km2 (138.7964/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Halland
Municipal code 1380
Website www.halmstad.se

Halmstad Municipality (Halmstads kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality Simlångsdalen (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the City of Halmstad. The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

Localities

There are 21 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Halmstad Municipality.

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

# Locality Population
1 Halmstad 55,688
2 Oskarström 4,011
3 Fyllinge 2,830
4 Getinge 1,885
5 Frösakull 1,635
6 Trönninge 1,555
7 Åled 1,536
8 Harplinge 1,454
9 Gullbrandstorp 1,435
10 Haverdal 1,401
11 Kvibille 793
12 Steninge 769
13 Gullbranna 727
14 Eldsberga 717
15 Villshärad 628
16 Simlångsdalen 577
17 Laxvik 469
18 Holm 462
19 Sennan 430
20 Tylösand 387
21 Skedala 355

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Halmstad 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 104,409 residents, including 79,133 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.2% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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