Skurup Municipality
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| Skurups kommun | |
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| County | Skåne County |
| Province | Scania |
| Seat | Skurup |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
254th of 290 196.07 km² 195.17 km² |
| Population • Total |
151st of 290 14,703 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
70th of 290 75.3 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.skurup.se/ |
| Area and population as of December 31, 2006 | |
Skurup Municipality (Skurups kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Skurup.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.
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[edit] 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 |
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| 1 | Skurup | 6,978 |
| 2 | Rydsgård | 1,301 |
| 3 | Skivarp | 1,252 |
| 4 | Abbekås | 708 |
[edit] Trivia
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- Nils Holgersson started his trip from Östra Vemmenhög in the southern part of the municipality.
- Until the 1990s Sweden's southernmost ski slope was located in the municipality.
- August Strindberg has lived in Skurup Municipality. His chair is exhibited on the castle of Svaneholm.
- Skurup Municipality is since 2005 considered a part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.
- Skurup Municipality belongs to the world elite in pumpkin agriculture. 2005's pumpkin weighed 582 kg.
- Skurup's Folk high school has one of Swedens most famous journalist educations.
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Skurup - Official site
- Coat of arms
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