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Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden
Skurup Municipality Skurups kommun
Municipality
Skurup Railway StationSkurup Railway Station
Coat of arms of Skurup MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 55°29′N 13°30′E / 55.483°N 13.500°E / 55.483; 13.500
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatSkurup
Area
 • Total510.96 km (197.28 sq mi)
 • Land193.58 km (74.74 sq mi)
 • Water317.38 km (122.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total16,861
 • Density33/km (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1264
Websitewww.skurup.se

Skurup Municipality (Skurups kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Skurup. It is considered part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Skurup was merged with Rydsgård and Vemmenhög.

Localities

There are 4 urban areas (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.

# Locality Population
1 Skurup 6,978
2 Rydsgård 1,301
3 Skivarp 1,252
4 Abbekås 708

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Skurup 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 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.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Rydsgård 1,895 1,436 34.7 64.2 80 85 15 25,579 30
Skivarp N 2,073 1,476 34.6 64.3 81 82 18 25,951 32
Skivarp S 1,643 1,312 32.0 66.3 78 86 14 26,995 46
Skurup NO 2,037 1,537 36.1 62.0 76 78 22 24,151 25
Skurup NV 2,415 1,774 38.6 60.3 81 79 21 25,191 31
Skurup SO 2,531 1,923 33.4 65.4 76 84 16 22,265 32
Skurup SV 2,091 1,510 35.6 63.9 84 82 18 27,297 36
Slimminge 1,718 1,327 35.0 63.7 84 86 14 28,656 40
Source: SVT

Places of interest

Twin cities

References

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Skurup i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

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