Hyllie () is an area and former city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the central of
Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania).
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Sweden
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. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with
Limhamn-Bunkeflo
Limhamn-Bunkeflo was a city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the west and south of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Hyllie, forming Väster. In 2012, Limhamn-Bunkeflo had a population of 42,646 of the municipality's 30 ...
, forming
Väster.
In 2012, Hyllie had a population of 32,998 of the municipality's 307,758. The area was 901
hectare
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s.
Though the name of the district has changed the area is still referred to as Hyllie.
Neighbourhoods
The neighbourhoods of Hyllie were:
Notable people
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Anthony Elanga
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Elanga joined the Manchester United youth system aged 12 and won the Jimmy ...
,
footballer
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for
Manchester United, son of Cameroonian footballer
Joseph Elanga
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References
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Former city districts of Malmö