Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm.
Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| National Area | South Sweden |
| County | Scania County |
| Seat | Ängelholm |
| Area | |
| • Total | 478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi) |
| • Land | 420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 43,633 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1292 |
| Website | www.engelholm.se |
In 1971 the City of Ängelholm was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp and Munka-Ljungby, thus creating a municipality of unitary type. In 1974 a parish from the dissolved municipality Östra Ljungby was added.
Ängelholm was until recently the home of a major airforce base. The base is now closed down and the premises taken over by the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.
A notable landmark is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model of a flying saucer, situated on a site where a UFO allegedly landed 18 May 1946.
There are 9 urban areas (also called a tätort, or locality) in Ängelholm Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Ängelholm | 22,533 |
| 2 | Munka-Ljungby | 2,877 |
| 3 | Vejbystrand 1) | 2,764 |
| 4 | Strövelstorp | 1,012 |
| 5 | Hjärnarp | 871 |
| 6 | Skepparkroken | 705 |
| 7 | Svenstorp | 238 |
| 8 | Margretetorp | 211 |
| 9 | Höja | 200 |
1) A minor part of Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality
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