Simrishamn Municipality

Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden

Simrishamn Municipality

Simrishamns kommun

Municipality

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Coordinates: 55°33′N 14°21′E﻿ / ﻿55.550°N 14.350°E﻿ / 55.550; 14.350
Country| Sweden
County| Skåne County
Seat| Simrishamn
Area

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• Total| 1,261.15 km2 (486.93 sq mi)
• Land| 391.36 km2 (151.10 sq mi)
• Water| 869.79 km2 (335.83 sq mi)
| Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

(31 December 2023)[2]

• Total| 18,962
• Density| 15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| SE
Province| Scania
Municipal code| 1291
Website| www.simrishamn.se

Simrishamn Municipality (Swedish: Simrishamns kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn.

The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nationwide municipal reforms carried out in Sweden during the second half of the 20th century. In 1969 a number of surrounding rural municipalities were merged with the City of Simrishamn. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type in 1971 and in 1974 more territory was added. The number of original entities (pre-1952) is twenty.

## Geography

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The landscape south and west of Simrishamn is mainly open and flat farmland. To the north of Simrishamn the landscape is broken up by small forests and gently sloping hills. The coastline directly south and north of Simrishamn is stony. Stenshuvud National Park is located by the shore, within the municipal borders. Simrishamn is located in the Österlen area.

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### Localities

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There are 13 urban areas (also called tätorter or localities) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# | Locality | Population

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1 | Simrishamn | 6546
2 | Kivik | 1013
3 | Skillinge | 1005
4 | Gärsnäs | 955
5 | Borrby | 947
6 | Hammenhög | 908
7 | Sankt Olof | 640
8 | Brantevik | 451
9 | Östra Tommarp | 279
10 | Vik | 264
11 | Vitaby | 255
12 | Baskemölla | 238
13 | Simris | 235

### Minor localities

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There are 14 minor localities (also called småorter) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

# | Minor locality | Population

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14 | Östra Vemmerlöv | 194
15 | Gröstorp | 190
16 | Järrestad | 170
17 | Gladsax | 128
18 | Ravlunda | 111
19 | Sandby | 105
20 | Vitemölla | 100
21 | Södra Mellby | 92
22 | Örnahusen | 87
23 | Gyllebo | 69
24 | Vallby | 67
25 | Skräddaröd | 58
26 | Östra Hoby | 55
27 | Raskarum \+ Ljunglyckorna* | 54

* Counted together

## Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Simrishamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 19,250 residents, including 15,679 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 55.9% 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

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | %  | %  |  |  |  |  |
Borrby  | 1,356  | 1,102  | 37.8  | 60.7  | 74  | 84  | 16  | 21,800  | 32
Gladsax  | 1,152  | 964  | 42.4  | 55.8  | 82  | 91  | 9  | 25,764  | 40
Gärsnäs  | 2,595  | 2,075  | 37.9  | 61.0  | 80  | 88  | 12  | 23,170  | 31
Hammenhög  | 1,599  | 1,212  | 37.3  | 60.4  | 80  | 85  | 15  | 24,855  | 29
Kivik  | 992  | 867  | 45.2  | 53.5  | 79  | 89  | 11  | 23,935  | 49
Rörum  | 683  | 551  | 51.0  | 48.2  | 83  | 91  | 9  | 25,642  | 57
S:t Olof  | 1,151  | 881  | 41.7  | 56.5  | 84  | 87  | 13  | 22,367  | 34
Simris  | 1,709  | 1,398  | 42.6  | 56.5  | 82  | 87  | 13  | 25,250  | 36
Simrishamn C  | 1,672  | 1,412  | 48.5  | 50.0  | 74  | 73  | 27  | 19,960  | 31
Simrishamn N  | 2,110  | 1,742  | 44.5  | 54.3  | 79  | 84  | 16  | 22,799  | 38
Simrishamn S  | 2,012  | 1,531  | 42.9  | 53.9  | 68  | 74  | 26  | 19,605  | 30
Skillinge  | 1,100  | 978  | 37.8  | 61.3  | 78  | 92  | 8  | 23,596  | 43
Vitaby  | 1,119  | 966  | 47.9  | 50.8  | 78  | 89  | 11  | 23,103  | 46
Source: SVT[3]

## Politics

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The 2018 municipal election resulted in the following composition of the municipal council:[4]

Party | Seats

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| Moderate Party | 12
| Social Democratic Party | 11
| Sweden Democrats | 8
| Centre Party | 4
| Liberals | 3
| Feminist Initiative | 3
| Green Party | 2
| Left Party | 2
| Christian Democrats | 2
| Österlen Party | 2
Total | 49

## International relations

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

### Twin towns — Sister cities

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The municipality is twinned with:[5]

* Barth
* Bornholm
* Kołobrzeg
* Palanga

## References

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* Statistics Sweden

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. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Simrishamn i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
4. ^ "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Simrishamn - Valda" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-17.
5. ^ "Simrishamns kommuns vänorter" (in Swedish). Simrishamn Municipality. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simrishamn Municipality.

* Simrishamn \- Official site
* Österlen \- Official site
* Österlen & Ystad \- Official site

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Places adjacent to Simrishamn Municipality

|  | Kristianstad | Hanö Bay

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Tomelilla |

Simrishamn

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Bornholm

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Municipalities and seats of Skåne County

Municipalities|

* Ängelholm
* Åstorp
* Båstad
* Bjuv
* Bromölla
* Burlöv
* Eslöv
* Hässleholm
* Helsingborg
* Höganäs
* Höör
* Hörby
* Kävlinge
* Klippan
* Kristianstad
* Landskrona
* Lomma
* Lund
* Malmö
* Örkelljunga
* Osby
* Östra Göinge
* Perstorp
* Simrishamn
* Sjöbo
* Skurup
* Staffanstorp
* Svalöv
* Svedala
* Tomelilla
* Trelleborg
* Vellinge
* Ystad

Municipal seats|

* Ängelholm
* Arlöv
* Åstorp
* Båstad
* Bjuv
* Broby
* Bromölla
* Eslöv
* Hässleholm
* Helsingborg
* Höganäs
* Höör
* Hörby
* Kävlinge
* Klippan
* Kristianstad
* Landskrona
* Lomma
* Lund
* Malmö
* Örkelljunga
* Osby
* Perstorp
* Simrishamn
* Sjöbo
* Skurup
* Staffanstorp
* Svalöv
* Svedala
* Tomelilla
* Trelleborg
* Vellinge
* Ystad

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Localities in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden

Localities|

* Borrby
* Brantevik
* Gärsnäs
* Hammenhög
* Kivik
* Östra Tommarp
* Sankt Olof
* Simris
* Simrishamn (seat)
* Skillinge
* Vik
* Vitaby

Minor localities|

* Baskemölla
* Gladsax
* Gröstorp
* Gyllebo
* Järrestad
* Ljunglyckorna
* Örnahusen
* Östra Hoby
* Östra Vemmerlöv
* Raskarum
* Ravlunda
* Sandby
* Skräddaröd
* Södra Mellby
* Vallby
* Vitemölla

Authority control databases

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* ISNI

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