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(Redirected from Vedby) Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden
Klippan Municipality Klippans kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Klippan MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°08′E / 56.133°N 13.133°E / 56.133; 13.133
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatKlippan
Area
 • Total379.41 km (146.49 sq mi)
 • Land374.32 km (144.53 sq mi)
 • Water5.09 km (1.97 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total17,723
 • Density47/km (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1276
Websitewww.klippan.se Edit this at Wikidata

Klippan Municipality (Swedish: Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.

The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation 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 localities in the municipality in 2018.

Locality Population
Klippan 8,819
Ljungbyhed 2,168
Östra Ljungby 1,819
Klippans bruk 319
Krika 196

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Klippan 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 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.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Klippan N-Gråmanstorp 1,708 1,207 37.5 60.8 74 66 34 20,729 27
Klippan NÖ-Solslätt 1,680 1,202 37.0 62.0 78 73 27 23,484 29
Klippan SÖ-Nyslätt 2,266 1,667 35.9 61.8 71 73 27 20,850 23
Klippan V 2,107 1,496 37.4 60.5 70 64 36 19,950 26
Krika-Bonnarp 1,363 997 28.5 70.9 83 81 19 27,632 27
Ljungbyhed N 1,440 1,078 32.7 66.2 70 79 21 20,946 27
Ljungbyhed S 1,268 972 32.3 66.5 76 85 15 21,989 32
Riseberga-Färingtofta 1,258 986 34.1 64.6 77 84 16 23,404 37
Stidsvig 995 696 32.6 65.4 80 79 21 24,801 27
Storäng-Vedby 2,101 1,581 30.9 67.5 86 86 14 26,815 30
Östra Ljungby 1,556 1,106 29.0 69.0 78 79 21 23,065 23
Source: SVT

Buildings

The Church of St. Peter, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, was completed in 1966.

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. "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Klippan i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. Wilson, Colin St John (1988). "Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical". Perspecta. 24: 51–77.

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Places adjacent to Klippan Municipality
Ängelholm Örkelljunga Perstorp
Åstorp Klippan Hässleholm
Svalöv, Eslöv Höör
Municipalities and seats of Skåne County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Skåne County
Municipal seats
Localities in Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden


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