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Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstads kommun
Kristianstad City Hall
Kristianstad City Hall
Coat of arms of Kristianstad Municipality
Coat of arms
Kristianstad Municipality in Scania County.png
Country  Sweden
County  Skåne
Seat Kristianstad
Area
 • Total 1,828.45 km2 (705.97 sq mi)
 • Land 1,251.72 km2 (483.29 sq mi)
 • Water 576.73 km2 (222.68 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 79,207
 • Density 43.3192/km2 (112.1962/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province  Scania
Municipal code 1290
Website www.kristianstad.se

Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.

The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.

Geography

Its size of 1,818.24 square kilometres (702.03 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.

Localities

There are 26 urban areas (Swedish: tätort, locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.

In the table, the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Urban area Population
1 Kristianstad &&&&&&&&&&041299.&&&&&041,299
2 Åhus &&&&&&&&&&010487.&&&&&010,487
3 Hammar &&&&&&&&&&&03556.&&&&&03,556
4 Tollarp &&&&&&&&&&&03449.&&&&&03,449
5 Fjälkinge &&&&&&&&&&&01860.&&&&&01,860
6 Färlöv &&&&&&&&&&&01550.&&&&&01,550
7 Önnestad &&&&&&&&&&&01442.&&&&&01,442
8 Degeberga &&&&&&&&&&&01328.&&&&&01,328
9 Viby &&&&&&&&&&&01204.&&&&&01,204
10 Everöd &&&&&&&&&&&&0925.&&&&&0925
11 Gärds Köpinge &&&&&&&&&&&&0920.&&&&&0920
12 Arkelstorp &&&&&&&&&&&&0791.&&&&&0791
13 Rinkaby &&&&&&&&&&&&0749.&&&&&0749
14 Yngsjö &&&&&&&&&&&&0717.&&&&&0717
15 Balsby &&&&&&&&&&&&0514.&&&&&0514
16 Österslöv &&&&&&&&&&&&0475.&&&&&0475
17 Linderöd &&&&&&&&&&&&0471.&&&&&0471
18 Bäckaskog &&&&&&&&&&&&0317.&&&&&0317
19 Nyehusen och Furuboda &&&&&&&&&&&&0310.&&&&&0310
20 Huaröd &&&&&&&&&&&&0267.&&&&&0267
21 Östra Sönnarslöv &&&&&&&&&&&&0265.&&&&&0265
22 Vånga &&&&&&&&&&&&0259.&&&&&0259
23 Bjärlöv &&&&&&&&&&&&0242.&&&&&0242
24 Vittskövle &&&&&&&&&&&&0239.&&&&&0239
25 Vanneberga &&&&&&&&&&&&0218.&&&&&0218
26 Skepparslöv &&&&&&&&&&&&0201.&&&&&0201

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad 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 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

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