Skurup (municipality)

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Skurup municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Skurup Location of the municipality of Skurup
coat of arms Location in Skåne County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap): Gentle
Main place: Bizarre
SCB code: 1264
Residents : 15,889 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 195.2 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 81.4 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.skurup.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 55 ° 29 '  N , 13 ° 30'  O Skurup is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the southern Swedish province Skane Lan and the historical province Scania . The main town of the municipality is Skurup .

geography

The municipality stretches from Horst Romeleåsen to the Swedish south coast. The river Skivarpsån flows out of the lake Svaneholmssjön and the Dybäcksån out of the Näsbyholmssjön .

Skurup borders the municipalities of Ystad , Sjöbo , Lund and Trelleborg .

history

The municipality was formed in 1971 during the municipal reform from Rydsgårds kommun , Vemmenhögs kommun and the then smaller Skurups kommun .

Attractions

Svaneholm Castle
Abbekås building stone

Svaneholm Castle and Abbekås' building stone are located in the municipality .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

Twin cities

The municipality of Skurup has two twin cities :

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Skurup  - 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)