Helsingborg Municipality

Helsingborg Municipality (Helsingborgs kommun) is a municipality in Skåne Coonty in Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Helsingborg, which is Swaden's aicht lairgest ceety. The municipality haed a population o 129,177 in 2010, an the population is increasin wi roughly 1600 fowk annually.

Atween 1912 an 1971 the name o the toun wis offeecially spellt Hälsingborg (rather like the region o Hälsingland but unlike neebourin Dens Helsingør an the Finnish caipital Helsingfors (Helsinki)). The spellin wis chyngit back tae the aulder version when the present municipality wis creatit in 1971 through the amalgamation o the Toun o Hälsingborg wi fower surroondin rural municipalities. Syne the 1990s the municipality again styles itsel Helsingborgs stad (Toun o Helsingborg). This uisage is anerlie nominal an haes nae effect on the status o the municipality.

Localities
There are 15 urban auries (cried a Tätort or locality an aw) in Helsingborg Municipality. In the table they are leetit accordin tae the size o the population as o 31 December 2010. The municipal seat is in bauld characters.
 #  Locality  Population 1  Helsingborg  97,122 2  Rydebäck  5,141  3  Ödåkra  4,920 4  Hittarp  4,075 5  Påarp  2,789 6  Bårslöv  2,682 7  Mörarp  1,893 8  Gantofta  1,338 9  Allerum  716 10  Kattarp  688 11  Vallåkra  642 12  Domsten  617 13  Hasslarp  474 14  Utvälinge  227 15  Tånga och Rögle  223

1) Rydebäck is bimunicipal  locality as a minor pairt o it (wi aboot 40 inhabitants) is locatit in Landskrona Municipality.

2) Population for Helsingborg tätort-locality 2009

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Helsingborg is twinned wi:
 Helsingør Municipality, Denmark
 Alexandria, USA
 Dubrovnik, Croatie
 Pärnu, Estonie

See an aw
 Municipalities o Swaden
 European route E4

References
Statistics Sweden

Freemit airtins
Helsingborg Municipality - Offeecial steid
The local daily newspaper

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