Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality (Swedish: Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.

Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstads kommun
Municipality
Kristianstad City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°02′N 14°09′E
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne
Seat	Kristianstad
Area
• Total	1,818.24 km2 (702.03 sq mi)
• Land	1,246.25 km2 (481.18 sq mi)
• Water	571.99 km2 (220.85 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)
• Total	86,379
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1290
Website	www.kristianstad.se

The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.

Geography

Its size of 1,818.24 square kilometres (702.03 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.

Localities

There are 26 urban areas (Swedish: tätort, locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.

In the table, the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Urban area	Population
1	Kristianstad	41,299
2	Åhus	10,487
3	Hammar	3,556
4	Tollarp	3,449
5	Fjälkinge	1,860
6	Färlöv	1,550
7	Önnestad	1,442
8	Degeberga	1,328
9	Viby	1,204
10	Everöd	925
11	Gärds Köpinge	920
12	Arkelstorp	791
13	Rinkaby	749
14	Yngsjö	717
15	Balsby	514
16	Österslöv	475
17	Linderöd	471
18	Bäckaskog	317
19	Nyehusen och Furuboda	310
20	Huaröd	267
21	Östra Sönnarslöv	265
22	Vånga	259
23	Bjärlöv	242
24	Vittskövle	239
25	Vanneberga	218
26	Skepparslöv	201

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad 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 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Bäckaskog 1,779 1,411 29.7 68.9 84 90 10 26,719 37 Centrum 2,314 1,849 39.0 57.9 71 61 39 21,560 42 Charlottesborg-Härlöv 2,058 1,398 51.2 47.5 68 41 59 20,846 29 Degeberga-Hörröd 2,412 1,911 33.3 65.5 80 90 10 24,339 34 Egna Hem-Parkstaden 1,713 1,399 35.0 63.6 80 79 21 27,411 54 Everödsbygden 1,593 1,229 31.8 67.2 80 87 13 23,510 32 Fjälkinge-Nymö 2,285 1,706 29.4 69.7 85 90 10 26,642 34 Färlöv 2,295 1,734 37.3 62.3 84 84 16 26,918 37 Gamlegården 1 2,503 1,220 74.3 15.5 44 10 90 10,125 22 Gamlegården 2 2,664 1,431 72.9 16.9 42 14 86 10,602 22 Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby 2,165 1,628 34.3 65.2 86 86 14 27,743 39 Hammar 1,509 1,193 38.0 61.0 83 76 24 26,908 43 Hammarslund-Araslöv 2,311 1,645 34.1 65.3 83 74 26 29,088 50 Hedentorp-Åsum 2,442 1,868 36.7 62.5 85 77 23 27,230 41 Kulltorp 1,822 1,338 39.8 58.9 83 70 30 28,753 53 Köpinge-Nöbbelöv 1,659 1,243 29.3 69.7 84 90 10 27,417 34 Lyckans Höjd 1,898 1,480 45.4 52.4 71 63 37 20,108 40 Nosaby 2,067 1,529 41.4 57.6 82 73 27 28,508 51 Näsby N 1,566 1,196 56.4 41.3 72 44 56 21,865 43 Näsby S 1,960 1,358 48.8 49.7 59 54 46 16,997 48 Oppmanna-Vånga 2,282 1,767 36.2 62.7 84 91 9 24,262 42 Sommarlust 1,445 1,137 40.5 58.1 82 78 22 24,898 49 Söder 2,060 1,724 38.4 60.4 80 72 28 24,205 45 Söder-Udden 2,227 1,831 42.6 55.1 72 70 30 22,202 41 Tollarp-Linderöd 2,412 1,838 31.0 68.3 83 88 12 23,993 33 Tollarp C-N 1,689 1,261 33.6 65.5 83 87 13 24,836 30 Tollarp C-S 1,337 992 31.7 66.8 75 80 20 21,307 30 Träne-Djurröd 1,579 1,221 27.5 71.6 84 91 9 27,439 40 Vilan-Långebro 1,872 1,378 47.7 51.0 69 55 45 20,985 34 Vä 2,618 1,887 31.6 68.0 87 87 13 29,002 48 Yngsjö-Vittskövle 2,317 1,987 34.4 64.7 81 92 8 25,350 43 Åhus C 2,032 1,693 31.8 67.8 82 91 9 25,701 49 Åhus Transval 1,241 1,052 35.6 63.6 82 91 9 24,700 39 Åhus Täppet 1,977 1,604 28.9 70.3 86 93 7 29,479 47 Åhus Vanneberg 1,622 1,467 28.1 71.4 89 95 5 30,561 52 Åhus Vattentornet 2,242 1,688 29.9 69.7 90 90 10 29,439 48 Åhus Äspet 1,800 1,546 26.0 73.4 84 94 6 32,952 61 Öllsjö 2,609 1,948 34.0 65.1 88 84 16 28,674 51 Önnestad-N Strö 2,262 1,655 32.9 65.8 82 86 14 26,663 37 Österslöv-Fjälkestad 1,553 1,173 34.7 64.2 83 91 9 28,728 47 Östermalm 1,858 1,597 40.0 58.4 79 75 25 25,814 47 Österäng 2,629 1,793 60.2 34.5 55 33 67 14,661 29 Östra Fäladen 1,824 1,368 47.4 50.1 71 59 41 19,650 35 Source: SVT

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

• Espoo, Finland
• Kongsberg, Norway
• Koszalin, Poland
• Køge Municipality, Denmark
• Rendsburg, Germany
• Šiauliai, Lithuania
• Skagafjörður, Iceland

See also

• University College of Kristianstad
• Kristianstad County (abolished 1998)
• Söderportgymnasiet

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Kristianstad - Official site
• Coat of arms