Skurup 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 Skurup. It is considered part of Greater Malmö by

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. The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') of ''Skurup'' was merged with ''Rydsgård'' and ''Vemmenhög''.

Localities

There are 4

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s (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.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Skurup 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 16,403 residents, including 12,295 Swedish citizens of voting age. 35.3% voted for the left coalition and 63.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Places of interest

* Svaneholm Castle

Twin cities

* Maszlow,

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* Franzburg-Richtenberg,

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References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Skurup
- Official site
Coat of arms
{{authority control Municipalities of Skåne County