Ystad Municipality () is a

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in southern

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. Its seat is the town of

Ystad Ystad () is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attracti ...

. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former ''City of Ystad'' with four surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There were ten

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in the municipality as of 2018.

Demographics

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

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 31,531 residents, including 25,215 Swedish citizens of voting age. 39.4% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Ystad Municipality
- Official site
Österlen
- Official site
Kurt Wallander
English Language site for fans of Henning Mankell's detective series, including information on, and photographs of, Ystad
Branagh's Wallander
- Website relating to the BBC's English language Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh {{authority control Municipalities of Skåne County