Simrishamn (old da, Simmershavn) is a

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and the seat of

Simrishamn Municipality Simrishamn Municipality ( sv, Simrishamns kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn. The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nationwide munici ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

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with 6,527 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Simrishamn is, for historical reasons, usually still referred to as a ''city''. Simrishamn is a picturesque coastal town, built around the main street (''Storgatan''), that passes the market square, itself being the centre of the town. The climate of Simrishamn is mild, because it is warmed by the

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and the

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, and the

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of Simrishamn is 8a, comparable to

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History

Simrishamn is first mentioned (as ''Symbrishafn'') in 1161 and as a town in 1361. ''Simris'' has been interpreted as "at the mouth of the slow-flowing (river)" and hamn as "port or harbour", meaning present-day

Tommarpsån Tommarp River (Swedish: ''Tommarpsån'') is a river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the ...

. It has been speculated that the name should have something to do with the

Cimbri The Cimbri (Greek Κίμβροι, ''Kímbroi''; Latin ''Cimbri'') were an ancient tribe in Europe. Ancient authors described them variously as a Celtic people (or Gaulish), Germanic people, or even Cimmerian. Several ancient sources indicate that ...

, a

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, as the name also has been "Cimbrishavn". In 1658, when

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conte ...

under the

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was permanently transferred from

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to Sweden, the town had a population of about 200 people. The growth was relatively small until about 1810 when it reached 700 inhabitants, growing to 1365 in 1850 and 1966 in 1890. The local government reform of 1971 made Simrishamn the seat of

with about 20,000 inhabitants.

Climate

The nearest station to Simrishamn is in

Skillinge Skillinge is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, in Österlen, Skåne County, Sweden with 859 inhabitants in 2010. Skillinge has become known particularly for its theatre. Climate Skillinge has a maritime climate with a moderated co ...

further down the coastline, also on the open sea. Skillinge has a

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with a moderated coastline and a slightly warmer interior during summers. Österlen has a drier climate than elsewhere in Southern Sweden, although it has no active weather station measuring sunshine. Even so, the cool temperatures of the

keeps the immediate coastline on average a couple of degrees cooler during July days than in places further north in the country. This is due to the dominance of water in the surroundings, whereas the Mälar valley around

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is surrounded by more land. Especially during summer,

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is strong on the local coastline. This means that August averages the warmest summer nights and that September is a lot warmer than May as the sea water gradually warms. During winter, this maritime proximity of Österlen reverses the climate patterns and leads to average highs above on the coastline and frosts usually being weak even while frequent. Records for Skillinge began in 1995 and as such do not contain likely historical extremes. Simrishamn had an active weather station from 1951 that closed in 1996.

Gallery

File:Karta över Simrishamn före 1917.png, Street plan, before 1917 File:Sankt Nicolai kyrka, Simrishamn 8.jpg, Saint Nicolai Church, a medieval church in central Simrishamn File:Hotell Svea, Simrishamn.jpg, Harbour File:Gamla rådhuset, Simrishamn.jpg, Old town hall File:Nya rådhuset, Simrishamn.jpg, New town hall File:Simrishamns stationshus.jpg, Railway station

References

External links

Simrishamn
- Official site
Österlen
- Official site
Österlen & Ystad
- Official site {{Authority control Populated places in Skåne County Populated places in Simrishamn Municipality Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea 14th-century establishments in Skåne County

History

Climate

Gallery

See also

References

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