Klippan Municipality

Klippan Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Klippans kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania (Skåne)
capital=Klippan


arearank=220th
area=381.35
arealand=376.50
populationrank=137th
population=16,106
densityrank=100th
populationdensity=42.8
website=http://www.klippan.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Klippan Municipality ("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 are 6 localities (or built-up areas) in Klippan Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.klippan.se/ Klippan Municipality] - Official site


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