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Åstorp Municipality

Åstorps kommun

Coat of arms of Åstorp Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°08′N 12°57′E / 56.133°N 12.950°E
CountrySweden
National AreaSouth Sweden
CountyScania County
SeatÅstorp
Area

• Total

92.47 km2 (35.70 sq mi)
 • Land92.22 km2 (35.61 sq mi)
 • Water0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

 (31 December 2023)[2]

• Total

16,458
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1277
Websitewww.astorp.se

Åstorp Municipality (Åstorps kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.

In 1974 "old" Åstorp (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.

There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Åstorp Municipality.

In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

# Locality Population
1 Åstorp 8,514
2 Hyllinge 2,002
3 Kvidinge 1,796

A small part of Åstorp is situated in Ängelholm Municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Åstorp Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 16,295 residents, including 11,089 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 36.8% voted for the left coalition and 61.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults
Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents
Foreign
heritage
Income
SEK
Degree
% %
Hyllinge 2,648 1,789 33.3 65.7 78 64 36 26,355 28
Kvidinge 1,062 783 28.2 71.0 80 81 19 25,115 22
Kvidinge C 1,711 1,210 30.3 68.9 77 75 25 23,553 26
Nyvång 798 526 43.2 55.8 75 55 45 22,941 26
Åstorp Bjärshög 1,601 948 50.6 46.4 58 31 69 16,533 24
Åstorp Björnekulla 1,108 767 34.1 64.1 81 72 28 27,107 29
Åstorp C 2,120 1,431 38.9 59.8 69 59 41 19,132 21
Åstorp Dala 1,579 1,042 42.2 56.6 74 59 41 22,691 23
Åstorp N 1,594 1,109 40.8 58.0 76 59 41 23,406 23
Åstorp Ö 2,074 1,484 32.4 66.5 87 83 17 28,946 38
Source: SVT[3]
  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Åstorp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.