  bÃ¥stad municipality (bÃ¥stads kommun) is a municipality in skÃ¥ne county in southern sweden. its seat is located in the town of bÃ¥stad. the present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town (kÃ¶ping) bÃ¥stad was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities. one parish was transferred from halland county. ==localities== there are 6 localities in bÃ¥stad 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. {| class="wikitable" ! # !! locality !! population |- | 
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