Åstorp Municipality () is a

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

in South Sweden in southern

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Åstorp Åstorp is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Åstorp Municipality in Scania County, Sweden with 9,488 inhabitants in 2010. It is also partly located in Ängelholm Municipality. Overview Åstorp is a railway junction located along the Europ ...

. In 1974 "old" ''Åstorp'' (a market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.

Localities

There are 3

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Åstorp Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. A small part of

is situated in

Ängelholm Municipality Ängelholm Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm. In 1971 the ''City of Ängelholm'' was amalgamated with the rural municipalit ...

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Åstorp Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 16,295 residents, including 11,089 Swedish citizens of voting age. 36.8% voted for the left coalition and 61.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

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Åstorp Municipality
- Official site

Municipalities of Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub