Eslöv Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Eslövs kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Eslöv


arearank=208th
area=426.51
arealand=421.66
populationrank=80th
population=30,437
densityrank=73rd
populationdensity=72.2
website=http://www.eslov.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Eslöv Municipality ("Eslövs kommun") is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former "City of Eslöv" was amalgamated with a number of surrounding municipalities, most of them created by the earlier nation-wide local government reform in 1952.

The municipality has several interesting places. There are 11 castles. Hjularöd's castle was the setting of the Swedish TV classic "Mystery of Greveholm" broadcasted by SVT. In the Västra Strö village there are old rune stones from ca year 1000. Sweden's only sugar refinery lies in Örtofta, south of Eslöv. In Eslöv there are two nature reserves, Allmänningen and Abullahagen. The Stone Mountain, Eslöv Church and Hotel Sten Stensson Sten with the locally famous "Scanish Steps" lie in the middle of Eslöv. Maybe the most famous inhabitant of Eslöv is the comedian Johan Glans, who has made several TV series.

Localities

There are 12 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eslöv 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.

1) Löberöd is a bimunicipal [http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp] locality situated on the municipal border. A minor part is in Höör Municipality.

References

* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

* [http://www.eslov.se/ Eslöv Municipality] Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/e/eslov.htm Coat of arms]