Svalöv Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
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
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the town
Svalöv.
The local government reform of 1952 grouped the 15 original entities into six larger municipalities. In two steps, 1969 and 1971 they were amalgamated to form the present municipality.
The most common housing category is one-family houses.
There are local ''pågatåg'' trains connecting
Teckomatorp, in the south of the municipality, with
Malmö
Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...
,
Lund
Lund (, ;["Lund"](_blank)
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...
and
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...
. To get to the town of
Svalöv, one can take a bus (approximately 15 minutes) from
Teckomatorp.
The villages
Röstånga,
Kågeröd,
Teckomatorp,
Svalöv itself and parts of
Söderåsen National Park are located in the municipality. The villages are all connected via local buses.
Knutstorp Castle
Knutstorp Castle () is a manor house situated in the Svalöv Municipality of Scania, Sweden.
History
A manor already in the middle of the 14th century, it was owned by the Danish Brahe noble family from the end of the Middle Ages until 1663, a ...
is situated in the municipality along with the
Ring Knutstorp
Ring Knutstorp is a Motorsport, motor racing Race track, circuit in Kågeröd, Sweden. The circuit was built in 1963, extended in 1970, and modified to its present configuration in 1980. During the seventies, rounds of the FIA European Formula T ...
race track. The famous astronomer
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe ( ; ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, ; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations. He ...
was born there.
Urban areas
There are 6
urban area
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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Svalöv 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 Svalöv Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
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sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 14,398 residents, including 10,158 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 38.7% voted for the left coalition and 59.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
Svalöv
- Official site
Municipalities of Skåne County
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