Malmö

Malmö (), in the soothrenmaist province o Scanie, is the third maist populous ceety in Swaden efter Stockholm an Gothenburg.

Malmö is the seat o Malmö Municipality an the caipital o Skåne Coonty. The admeenistrative entity for maist o the ceety is Malmö Municipality which haes 290,007 inhabitants in aicht different localities, wi 38% being o foreign backgrunds,. Malmö is a bimunicipal locality an aw, as pairt o its Burlöv Municipality. The total population o the urban aurie wis 258,020 bi the end o 2005, o which 9,108 wur in Burlöv.

Greater Malmö is ane o Swaden's three offeecially recognizit Metropolitan auries an syne 2005 is defined bi the municipality o Malmö an 11 ither municipalities in the soothwastren corner o Scanie.(Statistics Sweden) Storstadsområden (excel-file, in Swedish) Definitions of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-10-12. On 31 Mairch 2012, its population wis recordit tae be 664,428.(Statistics Sweden) Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2008 och befolkningsförändringar första halvåret 2008 (in Swedish) Retrieved on 2008-10-12. The region covers an aurie o .(Statistics Sweden) Kommunarealer den 1 January 2008 (excel-file, in Swedish) Municipalities in Swaden an their areas, as o 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-12. The municipalities includit, apairt frae Malmö, are Burlöv, Eslöv, Höör, Kävlinge, Lomma, Lund, Skurup, Staffanstorp, Svedala, Trelleborg an Vellinge. Lund, wi a municipal population o ower 100,000 an hame tae ane o Scandinavie's major universities, is thegither wi Malmö the region's economical an educational hub.

Malmö wis ane o the earliest an maist industrializit touns o Scandinavie, but it struggled wi the adaptation tae post-industrialism. Syne the construction o the Öresund brig, Malmö haes begun a slow revival wi impressive airchitectural developments, attractin new biotech an IT companies, an pairticularly students through Malmö University College. The ceety contains mony historic biggins an pairks, an is a commercial centre for the wastren pairt o Scanie an aw. Durin the laist few years a university college (Malmö University) haes been established an the ceety is nou ettlin tae focus on eddication, airts an cultur. Malmö wis ranked #4 in Grist Magazine's "15 Green Cities" leet in 2007.

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Category:Municipal seats o Skåne Coonty
Category:Populatit places in Skåne Coonty
Category:Coastal ceeties an touns in Swaden
Category:Port ceeties in Swaden
Category:Port ceeties an touns o the Easter Seas