Skurup Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Skurups kommun

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county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Skurup


arearank=254th
area=196.07
arealand=195.17
populationrank=151st
population=14,703
densityrank=70th
populationdensity=75.3
website=http://www.skurup.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

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

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town ("köping") of "Skurup" was merged with "Rydsgård" and "Vemmenhög".

Localities

There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Skurup 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.

Trivia

*Nils Holgersson started his trip from Östra Vemmenhög in the southern part of the municipality.
*Until the 1990s Sweden's southernmost ski slope was located in the municipality.
*August Strindberg has lived in Skurup Municipality. His chair is exhibited on the castle of Svaneholm.
*Skurup Municipality is since 2005 considered a part of Greater Malmö by Statistics Sweden.
*Skurup Municipality belongs to the world elite in pumpkin agriculture. 2005's pumpkin weighed 582 kg.
*Skurup's Folk high school has one of Swedens most famous journalist educations.

Twin cities

* Maszlow, Poland
* Amt Franzburg-Richtenberg, Germany

References

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

External links

* [http://www.skurup.se/ Skurup] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/s/images/skurup.jpgCoat of arms]