# Kristianstad Municipality

Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.
The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.

## Geography

Its size of 1,818.24 square kilometres (702.03 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.

### Localities

There are 26 urban areas (Swedish: tätort, locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.
In the table, the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Urban area | Population |
| 1 | Kristianstad | 41,299 |
| 2 | Åhus | 10,487 |
| 3 | Hammar | 3,556 |
| 4 | Tollarp | 3,449 |
| 5 | Fjälkinge | 1,860 |
| 6 | Färlöv | 1,550 |
| 7 | Önnestad | 1,442 |
| 8 | Degeberga | 1,328 |
| 9 | Viby | 1,204 |
| 10 | Everöd | 925 |
| 11 | Gärds Köpinge | 920 |
| 12 | Arkelstorp | 791 |
| 13 | Rinkaby | 749 |
| 14 | Yngsjö | 717 |
| 15 | Balsby | 514 |
| 16 | Österslöv | 475 |
| 17 | Linderöd | 471 |
| 18 | Bäckaskog | 317 |
| 19 | Nyehusen och Furuboda | 310 |
| 20 | Huaröd | 267 |
| 21 | Östra Sönnarslöv | 265 |
| 22 | Vånga | 259 |
| 23 | Bjärlöv | 242 |
| 24 | Vittskövle | 239 |
| 25 | Vanneberga | 218 |
| 26 | Skepparslöv | 201 |

## Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
| Location | | | % | % | | | | | |
| Bäckaskog | 1,779 | 1,411 | 29.7 | 68.9 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 26,719 | 37 |
| Centrum | 2,314 | 1,849 | 39.0 | 57.9 | 71 | 61 | 39 | 21,560 | 42 |
| Charlottesborg-Härlöv | 2,058 | 1,398 | 51.2 | 47.5 | 68 | 41 | 59 | 20,846 | 29 |
| Degeberga-Hörröd | 2,412 | 1,911 | 33.3 | 65.5 | 80 | 90 | 10 | 24,339 | 34 |
| Egna Hem-Parkstaden | 1,713 | 1,399 | 35.0 | 63.6 | 80 | 79 | 21 | 27,411 | 54 |
| Everödsbygden | 1,593 | 1,229 | 31.8 | 67.2 | 80 | 87 | 13 | 23,510 | 32 |
| Fjälkinge-Nymö | 2,285 | 1,706 | 29.4 | 69.7 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,642 | 34 |
| Färlöv | 2,295 | 1,734 | 37.3 | 62.3 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 26,918 | 37 |
| Gamlegården 1 | 2,503 | 1,220 | 74.3 | 15.5 | 44 | 10 | 90 | 10,125 | 22 |
| Gamlegården 2 | 2,664 | 1,431 | 72.9 | 16.9 | 42 | 14 | 86 | 10,602 | 22 |
| Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby | 2,165 | 1,628 | 34.3 | 65.2 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 27,743 | 39 |
| Hammar | 1,509 | 1,193 | 38.0 | 61.0 | 83 | 76 | 24 | 26,908 | 43 |
| Hammarslund-Araslöv | 2,311 | 1,645 | 34.1 | 65.3 | 83 | 74 | 26 | 29,088 | 50 |
| Hedentorp-Åsum | 2,442 | 1,868 | 36.7 | 62.5 | 85 | 77 | 23 | 27,230 | 41 |
| Kulltorp | 1,822 | 1,338 | 39.8 | 58.9 | 83 | 70 | 30 | 28,753 | 53 |
| Köpinge-Nöbbelöv | 1,659 | 1,243 | 29.3 | 69.7 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 27,417 | 34 |
| Lyckans Höjd | 1,898 | 1,480 | 45.4 | 52.4 | 71 | 63 | 37 | 20,108 | 40 |
| Nosaby | 2,067 | 1,529 | 41.4 | 57.6 | 82 | 73 | 27 | 28,508 | 51 |
| Näsby N | 1,566 | 1,196 | 56.4 | 41.3 | 72 | 44 | 56 | 21,865 | 43 |
| Näsby S | 1,960 | 1,358 | 48.8 | 49.7 | 59 | 54 | 46 | 16,997 | 48 |
| Oppmanna-Vånga | 2,282 | 1,767 | 36.2 | 62.7 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 24,262 | 42 |
| Sommarlust | 1,445 | 1,137 | 40.5 | 58.1 | 82 | 78 | 22 | 24,898 | 49 |
| Söder | 2,060 | 1,724 | 38.4 | 60.4 | 80 | 72 | 28 | 24,205 | 45 |
| Söder-Udden | 2,227 | 1,831 | 42.6 | 55.1 | 72 | 70 | 30 | 22,202 | 41 |
| Tollarp-Linderöd | 2,412 | 1,838 | 31.0 | 68.3 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 23,993 | 33 |
| Tollarp C-N | 1,689 | 1,261 | 33.6 | 65.5 | 83 | 87 | 13 | 24,836 | 30 |
| Tollarp C-S | 1,337 | 992 | 31.7 | 66.8 | 75 | 80 | 20 | 21,307 | 30 |
| Träne-Djurröd | 1,579 | 1,221 | 27.5 | 71.6 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 27,439 | 40 |
| Vilan-Långebro | 1,872 | 1,378 | 47.7 | 51.0 | 69 | 55 | 45 | 20,985 | 34 |
| Vä | 2,618 | 1,887 | 31.6 | 68.0 | 87 | 87 | 13 | 29,002 | 48 |
| Yngsjö-Vittskövle | 2,317 | 1,987 | 34.4 | 64.7 | 81 | 92 | 8 | 25,350 | 43 |
| Åhus C | 2,032 | 1,693 | 31.8 | 67.8 | 82 | 91 | 9 | 25,701 | 49 |
| Åhus Transval | 1,241 | 1,052 | 35.6 | 63.6 | 82 | 91 | 9 | 24,700 | 39 |
| Åhus Täppet | 1,977 | 1,604 | 28.9 | 70.3 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 29,479 | 47 |
| Åhus Vanneberg | 1,622 | 1,467 | 28.1 | 71.4 | 89 | 95 | 5 | 30,561 | 52 |
| Åhus Vattentornet | 2,242 | 1,688 | 29.9 | 69.7 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 29,439 | 48 |
| Åhus Äspet | 1,800 | 1,546 | 26.0 | 73.4 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 32,952 | 61 |
| Öllsjö | 2,609 | 1,948 | 34.0 | 65.1 | 88 | 84 | 16 | 28,674 | 51 |
| Önnestad-N Strö | 2,262 | 1,655 | 32.9 | 65.8 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 26,663 | 37 |
| Österslöv-Fjälkestad | 1,553 | 1,173 | 34.7 | 64.2 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 28,728 | 47 |
| Östermalm | 1,858 | 1,597 | 40.0 | 58.4 | 79 | 75 | 25 | 25,814 | 47 |
| Österäng | 2,629 | 1,793 | 60.2 | 34.5 | 55 | 33 | 67 | 14,661 | 29 |
| Östra Fäladen | 1,824 | 1,368 | 47.4 | 50.1 | 71 | 59 | 41 | 19,650 | 35 |
| Source: SVT ||||||||||

## International relations
### Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:
* Espoo, Finland
* Kongsberg, Norway
* Koszalin, Poland
* Køge Municipality, Denmark
* Rendsburg, Germany
* Šiauliai, Lithuania
* Skagafjörður, Iceland