Höganäs (municipality)

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Höganäs municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Höganäs Location of the municipality of Höganäs
coat of arms Location in Skåne County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap): Gentle
Main place: Höganäs
SCB code: 1284
Residents : 26,942 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 143.9 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 187.3 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.hoganas.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 56 ° 12 '  N , 12 ° 33'  E

Nimis by Lars Vilks

Höganäs 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 Höganäs .

In the area of ​​the municipality lies the nature reserve and the Kullen peninsula , one of the reasons for the high level of tourism in this region.

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

Attractions

The artist Lars Vilks has created several works of art in the Kullaberg nature reserve , the most famous of which is Nimis , a sculpture made of driftwood. He then ran into problems with the local building authority, as the authorities believed that he needed a building permit for these properties. Finally, in protest in the grounds of the works of art, he proclaimed his own state of Ladonia .

Town twinning

Are sister cities of Höganäs

Web links

Commons : Höganäs Municipality  - Collection of images, 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)
  3. ↑ Website Höganäs - Vänorter  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 12, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hoganas.se