Svalöv Municipality

Svalöv Municipality Svalövs kommun
Municipality
Municipal Hall
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Coordinates: 55°55′N 13°07′E
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Svalöv
Government
• Mayor	Teddy Nilsson (Sweden Democrats)
Area
• Total	388.62 km2 (150.05 sq mi)
• Land	387.3 km2 (149.5 sq mi)
• Water	1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	14,544
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1214
Website	www.svalov.se

Svalöv Municipality (Svalövs kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Svalöv.

The local government reform of 1952 grouped the 15 original entities into six larger municipalities. In two steps, 1969 and 1971 they were amalgamated to form the present municipality.

The most common housing category is one-family houses.

There are local pågatåg trains connecting Teckomatorp, in the south of the municipality, with Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg. To get to the town of Svalöv, one can take a bus (approximately 15 minutes) from Teckomatorp.

The villages Röstånga, Kågeröd, Teckomatorp, Svalöv itself and parts of Söderåsen National Park are located in the municipality. The villages are all connected via local buses.

Knutstorp Castle is situated in the municipality along with the Ring Knutstorp race track. The famous astronomer Tycho Brahe was born there.

Urban areas

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Svalöv 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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Svalöv	3,344
2	Teckomatorp	1,644
3	Kågeröd	1,413
4	Billeberga	948
5	Röstånga	846
6	Tågarp	434

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Svalöv Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 14,398 residents, including 10,158 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.7% voted for the left coalition and 59.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Billeberga-Tågarp 2,335 1,689 35.5 62.7 82 81 19 26,378 37 Kågeröd-Stenestad 2,337 1,709 33.7 65.0 81 86 14 25,657 33 Röstånga - Konga-Ask 1,920 1,422 42.0 56.6 80 84 16 25,042 44 Svalöv N 1,888 1,285 40.0 57.8 74 65 35 22,747 30 Svalöv V 1,741 1,262 36.8 61.6 87 79 21 27,053 34 Svalöv Ö 1,521 947 44.8 51.5 71 64 36 20,928 27 Teckomatorp-Norrvidinge 2,656 1,844 40.5 58.5 79 76 24 25,240 36 Source: SVT

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Svalöv - Official site
• Coat of arms