Ystad Municipality (Swedish: Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Scania 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
Coordinates: 55°25′N 13°50′E
Country	Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Ystad
Area [1]
• Total	1,189.32 km2 (459.20 sq mi)
• Land	350.08 km2 (135.17 sq mi)
• Water	839.24 km2 (324.03 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	31,560
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1286
Website	www.ystad.se

Localities

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

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with:[4]

• Druskininkai
• Świnoujście
• Haugesund
• Ballerup

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ystad Municipality.

• 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