Ängelholm Municipality
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Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Skåne Coonty in soothren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Ängelholm.
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Ängelholm Municipality Ängelholms kommun | |
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Kintra | Swaden |
Coonty | Skåne Coonty |
Seat | Ängelholm |
Area | |
• Total | 478.06 km2 (184.58 sq mi) |
• Laund | 420.06 km2 (162.19 sq mi) |
• Water | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 43,633 |
• Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Scanie |
Municipal code | 1292 |
Website | www.engelholm.se |
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In 1971 the Ceety o Ängelholm wis amalgamatit wi the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp an Munka-Ljungby, sicweys creatin a municipality o unitary type. In 1974 a parish frae the dissolvit municipality Östra Ljungby wis addit.
Ängelholm wis till recently the hame o a major airforce base. The base is nou closed doun an the premises taken ower bi the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.
A notable laundmerk is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model o a flyin saucer on a steid, situatit on a steid, whare on 18 Mey 1946 a UFO allegedly landit.