Klippan Municipality () is a

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Skåne County Skåne County ( ), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost Counties of Sweden, county, or , of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional Provinces of Sweden, province of Scania. It borders th ...

in southern

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. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan. The municipality was created in 1974 through the

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of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with the rural municipality of ''Riseberga'' and part of ''Östra Ljungby''. Söderåsen National Park is partly situated within the municipality.

Localities

There were five

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in the municipality in 2018.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Klippan Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 17,742 residents, including 12,988 Swedish citizens of voting age. 33.6% voted for the left coalition and 64.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Buildings

The Church of St. Peter, designed by

Sigurd Lewerentz Sigurd Lewerentz (29 July 1885 – 29 December 1975) was a Swedish architect. Biography Lewerentz was born at Sandö in the parish of Bjärtrå in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf Lewerentz and Hedvig Mathil ...

, was completed in 1966.

References

External links

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Klippan Municipality
- Official site Municipalities of Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub