Ängelholm Municipality
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Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm.
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Ängelholm Municipality
Ängelholms kommun | |
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Coordinates: 56°15′N 12°51′E | |
Country | Sweden |
National Area | South Sweden |
County | Scania County |
Seat | Ängelholm |
Area | |
• Total | 478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi) |
• Land | 420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi) |
• Water | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 44,866 |
• Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Scania |
Municipal code | 1292 |
Website | www.engelholm.se |
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In 1971 the City of Ängelholm was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp and Munka-Ljungby, thus creating a municipality of unitary type. In 1974 a parish from the dissolved municipality Östra Ljungby was added.
Ängelholm was until recently the home of a major airforce base. The base is now closed down and the premises taken over by the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.
A notable landmark is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model of a flying saucer, situated on a site where a UFO allegedly landed 18 May 1946.