Klippan Municipality

Klippan Municipality (Swedish: Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°08′E
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Klippan
Area [1]
• Total	379.41 km2 (146.49 sq mi)
• Land	374.32 km2 (144.53 sq mi)
• Water	5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	17,723
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1276
Website	www.klippan.se

The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with the rural municipality of Riseberga and part of Östra Ljungby.

Söderåsen National Park is partly situated within the municipality.

Localities

There were five localities in the municipality in 2018.^[3]

Locality	Population
Klippan	8,819
Ljungbyhed	2,168
Östra Ljungby	1,819
Klippans bruk	319
Krika	196

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Klippan 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 17,742 residents, including 12,988 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 33.6% voted for the left coalition and 64.7% 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
			%	%
Klippan N-Gråmanstorp	1,708	1,207	37.5	60.8	74	66	34	20,729	27
Klippan NÖ-Solslätt	1,680	1,202	37.0	62.0	78	73	27	23,484	29
Klippan SÖ-Nyslätt	2,266	1,667	35.9	61.8	71	73	27	20,850	23
Klippan V	2,107	1,496	37.4	60.5	70	64	36	19,950	26
Krika-Bonnarp	1,363	997	28.5	70.9	83	81	19	27,632	27
Ljungbyhed N	1,440	1,078	32.7	66.2	70	79	21	20,946	27
Ljungbyhed S	1,268	972	32.3	66.5	76	85	15	21,989	32
Riseberga-Färingtofta	1,258	986	34.1	64.6	77	84	16	23,404	37
Stidsvig	995	696	32.6	65.4	80	79	21	24,801	27
Storäng-Vedby	2,101	1,581	30.9	67.5	86	86	14	26,815	30
Östra Ljungby	1,556	1,106	29.0	69.0	78	79	21	23,065	23
Source: SVT[4]

Buildings

The Church of St. Peter, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, was completed in 1966.^[5]

References

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Valresultat 2022 för Klippan i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
5. Wilson, Colin St John (1988). "Sigurd Lewerentz and the Dilemma of the Classical". Perspecta. 24: 51–77.

External links

• Media related to Klippan Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Klippan Municipality - Official site