Perstorp is a
locality and the seat of
Perstorp Municipality in
Skåne County
Skåne County ( ), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost Counties of Sweden, county, or , of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional Provinces of Sweden, province of Scania. It borders th ...
,
Sweden
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with 6,054 inhabitants (2018).
History
19th Century
Modernization of Sweden: 1860–1910
Prior to the
municipal reforms of 1862, Perstorp was, just as all local governments, based on a church parish and was integrated with the church. Following the municipal reforms, it became a part of the rural municipality of Perstorp. On 23 May 1935, the municipal community of Perstorp was established.
20th Century
Post-war Sweden
In 1947, the rural municipality and the municipal community merged into the . With the
1971 municipal reforms, it became a part of one of the 290 Swedish municipalities, the Municipality of Perstorp.
Until 1971, the village was part of the
Norra Ã…sbo district court. From 1971 to 2001 it was part of the district court of
Klippan, since 2001 it has been part of the
district court of Helsingborg.
Demography
According t
a 2015 statistic there was a total population of 5 847 people, distributed over 576
hectares
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(5.76 km
2) within the Perstorp municipality. This amounts to ca. 10,15 people per hectare, or about one person per square kilometre.
Sports
Perstorp is home to Perstorp Bälinge Sports Club (PBIK, Perstorp Bälinge Idrottsklubb), which was formed by a merger in 2012 of Perstorp Sports Club and Bälinge Boll och Idrottsklubb.
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Notable athletes from the locality include former footballer
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Björn Andersson and volleyball
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player Isabelle Haak.
Twin towns
It is twinned with Newton Aycliffe
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, a town in the North-East of England
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.
References
Municipal seats of Skåne County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Perstorp Municipality
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