Eslöv (Municipality)

Eslöv municipality
coat of arms Location in Skåne County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gentle
Main place:	Eslöv
SCB code:	1285
Residents :	33,793 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	424.7 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	79.6 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.eslov.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 55 ° 50 '  N , 13 ° 18'  E

Eslöv Town Hall

Eslöv is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the southern Swedish province of Skåne län and the historic province of Skåne . The main town of the municipality is Eslöv .

history

The current municipality of Eslöv was created in 1971 from the merger of the former municipalities of Löveröd , Skarhult , Marieholm and Eslöv.

politics

In the 2014-2018 mandate period, the local council (Swedish communfullmäktige ) has the following composition:

Political party	Mandates
Socialdemokraterna	18th
Centerpartiet	4th
Moderata samlingspartiet	8th
Liberalerna	3
Vänsterpartiet	2
Sverigedemokraterna	10
Miljöpartiet de Gröna	4th
Nya Kommunpartiet Eslöv	2

economy

Nordic Sugar is located in Eslöv, one of the largest sugar factories in Europe and belongs to Nordzucker AG.

Attractions

Hjularöd Castle

There are eleven castles and palaces in the municipality. In the village of Västra Strö you can find the Västra Strö monument with rune stones dating from around the year 1000. There are two nature reserves, Allmänningen and Abullahagen .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

1. Eslöv , 16,551 inhabitants
2. Marieholm , 1,448
3. Stehag , 993
4. Löberöd , 975
5. Flyinge , 839
6. Harlösa , 742
7. Billinge , 424
8. Kungshult , 378
9. Gårdstånga , 338
10. Hurva , 317
11. Väggarp , 213
12. Stockamöllan , 181

Town twinning

Eslöv has the following twin cities:

• Asker , Norway
• Rudersdal Municipality , Denmark
• Jakobstad , Finland
• Garðabær , Iceland
• Viljandi , Estonia

Web links

Commons : Eslöv Municipality  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)

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)
3. ↑ Nordic Sugar website
4. ↑ Website Eslöv ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.