Höganäs Municipality
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| Höganäs kommun | |
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| County | Skåne County |
| Province | Scania (Skåne) |
| Seat | Höganäs |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
267th of 290 144.53 km² 144.29 km² |
| Population • Total |
103rd of 290 23,857 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
31st of 290 165.3 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.hoganas.se/ |
| Area and population as of December 31, 2006 | |
Höganäs Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.
The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had beeen astablished in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.
The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque víllages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.[1]
The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.
[edit] Localities
There are 7 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Höganäs Municipality.
In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Urban area | Population |
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| 1 | Höganäs | 13,550 |
| 2 | Viken | 3,753 |
| 3 | Jonstorp | 1,771 |
| 4 | Mölle | 725 |
| 5 | Arild | 537 |
| 6 | Mjöhult | 264 |
| 7 | Ingelsträde | 238 |
[edit] References
- ^ C.Michael Hogan, Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004
[edit] External links
- Höganäs Municipality - Official site
- Coat of arms
- Höganäs Keramik - Höganäs Pottery
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