Höganäs Municipality () is one of 290
municipalities of Sweden
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, in
Skåne County
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in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of
Höganäs.
The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first ''municipalsamhälle'' (a kind of
borough
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History
...
managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a
city
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in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with ''Väsby''. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with ''Brunnby'' and ''Jonstorp''.
Geography
The municipality is located on the
Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the
nature reserve
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Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of
Mölle and
Arild. The nature reserve is an
Important Bird Area
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IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
of
Sweden
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and a location of several
rare plant species.
C.Michael Hogan, ''Kullaberg Nature Reserve'', Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004
The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia
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, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.
Localities
There were eight localities in the municipality as of 2018. The municipal seat is marked in bold.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Höganäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election
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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[ 38.5% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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Elections
Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats
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' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.
Riksdag
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Blocs
This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
Höganäs Municipality
- Official site
Höganäs Keramik
- ''Höganäs Pottery''
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Municipalities of Skåne County