Ystad Municipality

Ystad Municipality (Swedish: Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Ystad. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.

Ystad Municipality

Ystads kommun
Municipality
Ystad Art Museum
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatYstad
Area
 • Total1,189.32 km2 (459.20 sq mi)
 • Land350.08 km2 (135.17 sq mi)
 • Water839.24 km2 (324.03 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total30,541
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1286
Websitewww.ystad.se

Localities
Ales stone

There were ten localities in the municipality as of 2018.[3]

Locality Population
Ystad 19,498
Köpingebro 1,252
Nybrostrand 1,119
Svarte 920
Löderup 642
Glemmingebro 425
Sövestad 367
Stora Herrestad 331
Hedeskoga 262
Rynge och Vallösa 217

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with:

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gollark: I have a cool one which has "we're trapped in an endless recursion of time".
gollark: <@383017585584766977> Want a CB Nebula? I picked up 4 recently.
gollark: Neglected dragons are a sad, sorry sight.

References
  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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  • Ystad Municipality - Official site
  • Österlen - Official site
  • Kurt Wallander English Language site for fans of Henning Mankell's detective series, including information on, and photographs of, Ystad
  • Branagh's Wallander - Website relating to the BBC's English language Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh

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