Klippan Municipality
Klippans kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Klippan Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°08′E / 56.133°N 13.133°E / 56.133; 13.133
CountrySweden
CountySkåne County
SeatKlippan
Area
[1]
 • Total379.41 km2 (146.49 sq mi)
 • Land374.32 km2 (144.53 sq mi)
 • Water5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total17,783
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1276
Websitewww.klippan.se

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

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]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

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.

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "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.


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