Västra Skrävlinge
socken in
Scania, formerly part of the
Oxie
Oxie () is a locality and was a city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the south-east of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, the city district was merged with Fosie, forming Söder. In 2012, Oxie had a population of 12,453 of the municipality ...
hundred, was 1911 merged into the city of
Malmö, and the area has been part of
Malmö municipality since 1971, and from 2016 part of the Västra Skrävlinge,
Möllevången and
Sofielund district.
The area of the parish was 10,27 sq km (3,96 sq mi). In 1929 it had 5,799 inhabitants. Part of the Malmö district of
Rosengård is located in the parish, as well as the
parish church of Västra Skrävlinge.
History of Administration
The parish has medieval origins.
At the
Swedish municipal reforms of 1862 The Swedish municipal reforms of 1862 defined new Swedish local governments, called ''Kommun'' in Swedish and usually called municipalities in English.
Before the 1862 reform, local governments in Sweden were based on church parishes and were inte ...
, the socken's responsibility for