Åstorp Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Åstorps kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Åstorp


arearank=274th
area=93.18
arealand=92.96
populationrank=161st
population=13,885
densityrank=34th
populationdensity=149.4
website=http://www.astorp.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Åstorp Municipality ("Åstorps kommun") is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.

In 1974 "old" "Åstorp" (a market town ("köping") since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.

Localities

There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Åstorp Municipality.

In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

A small part of Åstorp is situated in Ängelholm Municipality.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.astorp.se/ Åstorp Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/a/astorp.htm Coat of arms]