Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality (Ängelholms kommun) is a municipality in Skåne Coonty in soothren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Ängelholm.

In 1971 the Ceety o Ängelholm wis amalgamatit wi the rural municipalities Ausås, Barkåkra, Hjärnarp an Munka-Ljungby, sicweys creatin a municipality o unitary type. In 1974 a parish frae the dissolvit municipality Östra Ljungby wis addit.

Ängelholm wis till recently the hame o a major airforce base.  The base is nou closed doun an the premises taken ower bi the supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg.

A notable laundmerk is the UFO memorial at Ängelholm. It is a model o a flyin saucer on a steid, situatit on a steid, whare on 18 Mey 1946 a UFO allegedly landit.

Localities
Thare are 9 urban auries (cried a Tätort or locality) in Ängelholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are leetit accordin tae the size o the population as o December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bauld characters.

 #  Locality  Population 1  Ängelholm  22,533 2  Munka-Ljungby  2,877 3  Vejbystrand 1)  2,764 4  Strövelstorp  1,012 5  Hjärnarp  871 6  Skepparkroken  705 7  Svenstorp  238 8  Margretetorp  211 9  Höja  200

1) A minor pairt o Vejbystrand is in Båstad Municipality

 Internaitional relations 
The municipality is twinned wi:http://www.engelholm.se/Kommun-politik/Vara-vanorter/ 

 Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Denmark
 Maaninka, Finland

 Dobele, Latvie
 Kamen, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalie)

 See an aw 
 Linjeflyg Flight 277

References
Statistics Swaden

 Freemit airtins 
Ängelholm  - Offeecial steid (Swadish)
Coat o airms 
Ängelholm Tourist Office  (Inglis)

Category:Municipalities o Skåne Coonty