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Ystad Municipality

Ystads kommun
Ystad Art Museum
Ystad Art Museum
Coat of arms of Ystad Municipality
Coat of arms
Ystad Municipality in Scania County.png
Country Sweden
County Scania County
Seat Ystad
Area
 • Total 1,215.54 km2 (469.32 sq mi)
 • Land 352.44 km2 (136.08 sq mi)
 • Water 863.1 km2 (333.2 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 28,322
 • Density 23.2999/km2 (60.3465/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1286

Ystad Municipality (Swedish: Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Scania 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

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Ales stone

There were ten localities in the municipality as of 2018.

Locality Population
Ystad 19,498
Köpingebro 1,252
Nybrostrand 1,119
Svarte 920
Löderup 642
Glemmingebro 425
Sövestad 367
Stora Herrestad 331
Hedeskoga 262
Rynge och Vallösa 217

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ystad 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 31,531 residents, including 25,215 Swedish citizens of voting age. 39.4% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with:

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