Halmstad Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Halmstads kommun


county=Halland County
province=Halland
capital=Halmstad


arearank=114th
area=1,036.43
arealand=1,020.10
populationrank=18th
population=88,958
densityrank=57th
populationdensity=87.2
website=http://www.halmstad.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Halmstad Municipality ("Halmstads kommun") is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality "Simlångsdalen" (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the "City of Halmstad". The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

Localities

There are 21 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Halmstad 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.

See also

*University College of Halmstad
*Hallandsposten
*Swedish Army
*Swedish Air Force

References

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

External links

* [http://www.halmstad.se/ Halmstad Municipality] - Official site