Perstorp Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Perstorps kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Perstorp


arearank=261st
area=162.79
arealand=159.79
populationrank=257th
population=6,898
densityrank=99th
populationdensity=43.2
website=http://www.perstorp.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Perstorp Municipality ("Perstorps kommun") is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Perstorp.

Perstorp was made a market town ("köping") in 1947. It was amalgamated with "Oderljunga" in the first of the two nation-wide local government reforms (1952). The reform of 1971 did not bring any new amalgamations, but the "köping" status was abolished.

Locality

There is only 1 urban area (also called a Tätort or locality) in Perstorp Municipality, the municipal seat Perstorp, with a population of 5,468 (2005).

The name Perstorp is perhaps most known by the company Perstorp AB, based in the municipality, employing 1,800 people worldwide. They are producing chemicals market and materials technology. They are also known for a subsidiary called Perstorp Flooring, producing laminate and plastic floor material.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.perstorp.se/ Perstorp] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/p/perstorp.htm Coat of arms]
* [http://www.perstorp.com/ Perstorp AB] - The company Perstorp AB