Ystad_Municipality
Ystad Municipality
Municipality in Scania County, Sweden
Ystad Municipality (Swedish: Ystads kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Ystad. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.
Ystad Municipality
Ystads kommun | |
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Ystad Art Museum | |
| Coordinates: 55°25′N 13°50′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Scania County |
| Seat | Ystad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,189.32 km2 (459.20 sq mi) |
| • Land | 350.08 km2 (135.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 839.24 km2 (324.03 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 31,911 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1286 |
| Website | www |
There were ten localities in the municipality as of 2018.[3]
| Locality | Population |
|---|---|
| Ystad | 19,498 |
| Köpingebro | 1,252 |
| Nybrostrand | 1,119 |
| Svarte | 920 |
| Löderup | 642 |
| Glemmingebro | 425 |
| Sövestad | 367 |
| Stora Herrestad | 331 |
| Hedeskoga | 262 |
| Rynge och Vallösa | 217 |
This is a demographic table based on Ystad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]
In total there were 31,531 residents, including 25,215 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 39.4% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bellevue N | 2,075 | 1,718 | 39.2 | 59.5 | 84 | 88 | 12 | 26,874 | 42 |
| Bellevue S | 1,315 | 1,088 | 46.0 | 53.1 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 25,074 | 43 |
| Edvinshem N | 1,453 | 1,229 | 45.1 | 54.5 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 25,068 | 39 |
| Edvinshem SÖ-Gjuteriet | 1,629 | 1,389 | 44.6 | 54.2 | 80 | 83 | 17 | 22,409 | 41 |
| Egna hem-Solbacken SÖ | 1,245 | 972 | 44.7 | 54.1 | 88 | 89 | 11 | 28,768 | 52 |
| Gamla staden V | 1,801 | 1,532 | 47.7 | 51.0 | 75 | 83 | 17 | 21,679 | 40 |
| Gamla staden Ö | 1,861 | 1,568 | 42.7 | 55.9 | 78 | 83 | 17 | 22,554 | 39 |
| Glemmingebro-Ingelstorp | 1,329 | 1,030 | 39.6 | 59.2 | 78 | 84 | 16 | 22,646 | 42 |
| Hälsobacken | 1,310 | 1,052 | 42.9 | 56.3 | 88 | 87 | 13 | 25,887 | 43 |
| Köpingebro | 1,323 | 940 | 33.4 | 65.1 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 27,175 | 37 |
| Löderup | 1,171 | 994 | 39.3 | 60.2 | 77 | 86 | 14 | 22,864 | 39 |
| Nybrostrand-St Köpinge | 2,000 | 1,570 | 30.0 | 69.3 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 28,089 | 45 |
| Solbacken N | 1,589 | 1,242 | 40.9 | 57.1 | 83 | 85 | 15 | 26,648 | 42 |
| St Herrestad-Hedskoga | 2,221 | 1,588 | 33.8 | 65.2 | 89 | 91 | 9 | 29,677 | 43 |
| Surbrunnen-Ö förstaden N | 2,159 | 1,869 | 41.1 | 58.2 | 81 | 87 | 13 | 22,465 | 37 |
| Svarte-Snårestad | 2,193 | 1,631 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 29,810 | 50 |
| Sövestad-Baldringe | 1,401 | 1,094 | 32.7 | 65.9 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 27,432 | 39 |
| V Sjöstaden-Åkerholm | 1,804 | 1,365 | 33.9 | 64.8 | 85 | 84 | 16 | 27,430 | 44 |
| Ö Förstaden S-Regementet | 1,652 | 1,344 | 39.4 | 60.0 | 71 | 75 | 25 | 22,285 | 36 |
| Source: SVT[4] | |||||||||
Twin towns — sister cities
Ystad is twinned with:
- "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- "Valresultat 2022 för Ystad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- 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