Ängelholm (municipality)

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Ängelholm municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Ängelholm Location of the municipality of Ängelholm
coat of arms Location in Skåne County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap): Gentle
Main place: Ängelholm
SCB code: 1292
Residents : 42,476 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 431.2 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 98.5 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.engelholm.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 56 ° 15 '  N , 12 ° 52'  E Ängelholm is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the southern Swedish province of Skåne län and the historic province of Skåne . The main town of the municipality is Ängelholm .

Attractions

A very original attraction of Ängelholm is the so-called UFO clearing. At this place, where a UFO is said to have landed on May 18, 1946, there is a model of a flying saucer made of concrete with a metal tip.

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ) :

  • Ängelholm
  • Hjärnarp
  • Höja
  • Margretetorp
  • Munka-Ljungby
  • Skepparkroken
  • Strövelstorp
  • Svenstorp
  • Vejbystrand

Community partnerships

Ängelholm municipality has partnerships with the Danish municipality of Høje-Taastrup , the Finnish town of Maaninka , the Latvian town of Dobele and the German town of Kamen .

Web links

Commons : Ängelholm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)