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Skåne County (Skåne län) is the southernmost county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö. The headquarters of Region Skåne is the town of Kristianstad.
The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged.
Skåne County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,200,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.
coat of arms for Skåne County is the same as for the province of Scania only with the tinctures reversed and the crown, beak and tongue of the Griffin in the same color.
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Skåne County (Skåne län) is the southernmost county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö. The headquarters of Region Skåne is the town of Kristianstad.
The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged.
Skåne County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,200,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.
Heraldry
The coat of arms for Skåne County is the same as for the province of Scania only with the tinctures reversed and the crown, beak and tongue of the Griffin in the same color. When the arms is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board, which is the regional presence of (royal) government authority. Blazon: "Gules, a Griffin's head erased Or, crowned and armed the same".
Provinces
Skåne County is the administrative equivalent of the province of Scania, but it also includes an insignificant part of the province Halland.
Administration
The seat of residence for the Governor or Landshövding is the town of Malmö. The County Administrative Board is a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Skåne Governors.
The two administrative counties of the province of Scania, Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County, which were established in 1719 were merged together in 1997, forming the present county with boundaries that are almost identical to the boundaries of the province.
County council
Skåne Regional Council (Region Skåne) is an evolved County Council. Its main responsibilities are for the public healthcare system and public transport. In addition, it has for a trial period assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board.
In 1999, a regional council (Region Skåne in Swedish) was established for the overall political organisation. Its county or regional assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the Scanians themselves, as opposed to the county administrative council that guards the interest of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor (landshövding in Swedish).
Municipalities
Skåne County is subdivided into 33 municipalities
(kommuner in Swedish), the largest being Malmö Municipality (280,000 inhabitants), Helsingborg Municipality (124,000), Lund Municipality (103,000 inhabitants) and Kristianstad Municipality (75,000 inhabitants). The municipalities have municipal governments, similar to city commissions, and are further divided into parishes. The parish division is traditionally used by the Church of Sweden, but also serves as a divisioning measure for Swedish census and elections.
Localities in order of size
Below is a list of localities (tätorter) in Skåne County with a population greater than 2,000 . In those cases when municipal borders cross through a town, it's counted to the municipality the largest part belongs to. Municipalities are noted in parenthesis, except when the municipality carry the name of the town.
- Malmö & Arlöv¹, 248,520
- Helsingborg, 87,914
- Lund, 73,840
- Kristianstad, 31,592
- Landskrona, 27,393
- Trelleborg, 24,850
- Ängelholm, 21,716
- Hässleholm, 17,289
- Ystad, 16,851
- Eslöv, 15,521
- Staffanstorp², 13,596
- Höganäs, 13,401
- Höllviken², 9,387 (Vellinge Municipality)
- Oxie², 9,242 (Malmö Municipality)
- Svedala, 9,085
- Åhus, 8,681 (Kristianstad Municipality)
- Bjärred², 8,374 (Lomma Municipality)
- Lomma², 8,373
- Åstorp, 8,007
- Kävlinge², 8,006
- Klippan, 7,402
- Bromölla, 7,333
- Höör², 7,176
- Skanör² & Falsterbo², 7,087 (Vellinge Municipality)
- Osby, 6,903
- Skurup, 6,615
- Hörby, 6,421
- Simrishamn, 6,319
- Sjöbo, 6,270
- Bjuv, 6,228
- Vellinge², 5,973
- Tomelilla, 5,946
- Södra Sandby², 5,586 (Lund Municipality)
- Dalby², 5,469 (Lund Municipality)
- Åkarp², 5,339 (Burlöv Municipality)
- Perstorp, 5,321
- Löddeköpinge², 5,173 (Kävlinge Municipality)
- Bunkeflostrand², 5,114 (Malmö Municipality)
- Ödåkra, 4,839 (Helsingborg Municipality)
- Båstad, 4,683
- Tyringe, 4,606 (Hässleholm Municipality)
- Örkelljunga, 4,416
- Rydebäck², 4,287 (Helsingborg Municipality)
- Vinslöv, 3,818 (Hässleholm Municipality)
- Hittarp², 3,664 (Helsingborg Municipality)
- Veberöd², 3,569 (Lund Municipality)
- Furulund², 3,517 (Kävlinge Municipality)
- Hjärup², 3,402 (Staffanstorp Municipality)
- Bara², 3,289 (Svedala Municipality)
- Viken, 3,269 (Höganäs Municipality)
- Tollarp, 3,174 (Kristianstad Municipality)
- Knislinge, 3,130 (Östra Göinge Municipality)
- Svalöv, 3,071
- Ekeby, 2,983 (Bjuv Municipality)
- Broby, 2,955 (Östra Göinge Municipality)
- Hofterup², 2,931 (Kävlinge Municipality)
- Vejbystrand, 2,714 (Ängelholm Municipality)
- Munka-Ljungby, 2,702 (Ängelholm Municipality)
- Billesholm, 2,688 (Bjuv Municipality)
- Bårslöv², 2,664 (Helsingborg Municipality)
- Påarp², 2,652 (Helsingborg Municipality)
- Bjärnum, 2,636 (Hässleholm Municipality)
- Genarp², 2,512 (Lund Municipality)
- Häljarp², 2,511 (Landskrona Municipality)
- Ljunghusen², 2,253 (Vellinge Municipality)
- Förslöv, 2,058 (Båstad Municipality)
Notes
¹/ Arlöv is the center of the Burlöv Municipality, but as Arlöv constitutes a conurbation with Malmö, Arlöv is in this table counted as a neighbourhood of Malmö.
²/ Today chiefly detached house suburbs within the West-Scanian metropolitan area reaching from Mölle in the North-West to Ystad in the South-East.
Transport
The motorway built between between Malmö and Lund in 1953 was the first motorway in Sweden. With the opening of the Oresund bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen (the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe) in 2000, the Swedish motorways were linked with European route E20 in Denmark, and the two countries' railway systems were physically connected. Before the bridge was built there were train ferries operated between Helsingborg and Helsingør. There are also train ferries to and from Germany and Poland.
Scania has three major public airports, Malmö Airport, Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport and Kristianstad Airport. One of the oldest airports in the world still in use is located in Scania, namely Ljungbyhed Airport, in operation since 1910. Starting in 1926, the
Swedish Air force used the airport for flight training, and up until the military school was moved to the nearby Ängelholm F10 Wing in 1997,
the airport was extremely busy. In the late 1980s, it was Sweden's busiest airport, with a record high of more than 1,400 take-offs and landings per day.
The major ports of Scania are Copenhagen Malmö Port and Helsingborg Harbour. Ferry connections across the Baltic Sea operate from several smaller ports as well.
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