Klippan (municipality)

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Klippan parish
Coat of arms of the municipality of Klippan Location of the municipality of Klippan
coat of arms Location in Skåne County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap): Gentle
Main place: Klippan
SCB code: 1276
Residents : 17,756 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 379.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 46.8 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.klippan.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 56 ° 8 ′  N , 13 ° 8 ′  E Klippan is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Skåne län and the historic province of Skåne . The main town of the municipality is Klippan .

Klippan is also the namesake for one of the most famous sofa models from the Swedish furniture giant Ikea .

history

Paper production began in Klippan in 1573 . The municipality was formed in 1974 by merging the municipality of Riseberga with parts of the municipality of Östra Ljungby and the then municipality of Klippan.

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Klippan  - 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)