Höör Municipality () is a
municipality
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in the central part of
Skåne County
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in southern
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the town of
Höör.
The present municipality was formed in 1969 through the merger of "old" Höör with the municipalities of Norra Frosta, Snogeröd and Tjörnarp parish from the dissolved Sösdala Municipality.
Geography
Höör Municipality credits itself by being different from the rest of
Scania
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: Apart from
agricultural
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areas, Höör Municipality also has several forests and the lake
Ringsjön. Ringsjön is the second largest lake in Skåne County and covers some 40 km
2, about three times the size of the town of
Höör.
The two main attractions of the municipality that draw visitors are the zoological garden
Skånes Djurpark, and the ''Bosjökloster Castle'' established in the 12th century. The castle is situated in a scenic location in a cape in the lake
Ringsjön; the zoological garden is situated just north of the town of
Höör.
Sights in the town proper are few in the little town with its 7,000 inhabitants, but it has a large 12th-century church, with a north transept from 1769 (an unusual date for
Skåne
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churches) and a 19th-century tower, along with some picturesque older houses. A peaceful place, the typical Höör house is one or two storeys tall, with no large streets. Adding to the picturesque image are two centrally located small ponds with densely foliaged trees and bushes surrounding them, which increases in thickness until they unite with the forests surrounding the town.
Localities
There are six
localities in the municipality.
Population as of December 31, 2005.
A small part of
Löberöd is also within Höör Municipality.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Höör 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.
In total there were 16,929 residents, including 12,804 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 39.8% voted for the left coalition and 58.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
Parish churches
From January 1, 2006, Höör Municipality contains two parishes
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, Höör parish, incorporating the old parishes Hallaröd, Höör, Norra Rörum, and Munkarp, and parts of Ringsjö parish (the old parishes Bosjökloster and Gudmuntorp). Ringsjö parish also includes the old Hurva parish, which is in Eslöv Municipality. There are thus six former parish churches:
* Bosjökloster (12th century Romanesque, former abbey church, by Bosjökloster Castle)
* Gudmuntorp (1860, replacing 12th-century church)
* Hallaröd (late 12th century Romanesque, extended in the 19th century, late Gothic chalk paintings)
* Höör (late 12th century Romanesque, 19th-century tower, important Romanesque baptismal font)
* Norra Rörum (ca 1200, Romanesque, separate 18th century steeple, large burial chapel from the 1770s)
* Munkarp (1884, but contains baptismal font and pulpit from older church)
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinnedDenmark
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* Soini in Finland
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* Città di Castello
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in Italy
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References
External links
Höör
- Official site
Bosjökloster Castle
*
Ringsjon.se
- Project Ringsjön
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Municipalities of Skåne County