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Skurup Municipality

Skurups kommun
Skurup Railway Station
Skurup Railway Station
Coat of arms of Skurup Municipality
Coat of arms
Skurup Municipality in Scania County.png
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Skurup
Area
 • Total 496.63 km2 (191.75 sq mi)
 • Land 195.17 km2 (75.36 sq mi)
 • Water 301.46 km2 (116.39 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 14,868
 • Density 29.9378/km2 (77.538/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

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.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.

Localities

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

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.

In total there were 16,403 residents, including 12,295 Swedish citizens of voting age. 35.3% voted for the left coalition and 63.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Places of interest

  • Svaneholm Castle

Twin cities

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