Trelleborg Municipality

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Trelleborgs kommun
County Skåne County
Province Scania
Seat Trelleborg
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
229th of 290
343.88 km²
342.07 km²
Population
 • Total
52nd of 290
40,320 inhabitants
Density
 • Total
42nd of 290
117.9 inhabitants/km²
Website http://www.trelleborg.se/
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Trelleborg Municipality (Trelleborgs kommun) is the southernmost municipality of Sweden, in Skåne County. Its seat is located in the city Trelleborg.

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Trelleborg with five rural municipalities. It consists of over thirty original local government units.

The municipality boosts 35 kilometers of predomninantly sandy beach in the south, beech woods to the north, and in between one of the most fertile soils in the world.

[edit] Localities

There are 8 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Trelleborg 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 Trelleborg 25,643
2 Anderslöv 1,680
3 Gislövs läge och Simremarken 1,462
4 Smygehamn 1,174
5 Skegrie 745
6 Beddingestrand 644
7 Klagstorp 341
8 Alstad 252

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