Eslöv Municipality is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden

Municipalities of Sweden

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, situated in Skåne County

Skåne County

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 in southern Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv

Eslöv

Eslöv is a city and the seat of Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 16,551 inhabitants in 2005.Eslöv is part of the Øresund Region and is today largely serving as a suburb of Malmö and Lund.-History:...

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The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Eslöv was amalgamated with a number of surrounding municipalities, most of them created by the earlier nation-wide local government reform in 1952.

The municipality has several interesting places. There are 11 castles. Hjularöd's castle was the setting of the Swedish TV classic Mystery of Greveholm broadcast by SVT

Sveriges Television

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. In the Västra Strö village by the church there is an ancient monument consisting of five standing stones

Menhir

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 and two runestones DR 334 and DR 335

Västra Strö 2 Runestone

The Västra Strö 2 Runestone, listed as DR 335 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone located at the Västra Strö Monument, which is at a church that is about four kilometers northwest of Eslöv, Skåne County, Sweden.-Description:...

 dating from about the year 1000. Sweden's only sugar refinery lies in Örtofta, south of Eslöv. In Eslöv there are two nature reserves, Allmänningen and Abullahagen. The Stone Mountain, Eslöv Church and Hotel Sten Stensson Sten with the locally famous "Scanish Steps" lie in the middle of Eslöv. Maybe the most famous inhabitant of Eslöv is the comedian Johan Glans, who has made several TV series.

Localities

There are 12 urban area

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eslöv 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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Eslöv Eslöv Eslöv is a city and the seat of Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 16,551 inhabitants in 2005.Eslöv is part of the Øresund Region and is today largely serving as a suburb of Malmö and Lund.-History:...	16,551
2	Marieholm Marieholm, Eslöv Marieholm is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,578 inhabitants in 2005....	1,578
3	Stehag Stehag Stehag is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,129 inhabitants in 2005....	1,129
4	Löberöd Löberöd Löberöd is a bimunicipal locality situated in Eslöv Municipality and Höör Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 1,097 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...  1)	1,097
5	Flyinge Flyinge Flyinge is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 979 inhabitants in 2005....	979
6	Harlösa Harlösa Harlösa is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 742 inhabitants in 2005....	742
7	Billinge Billinge, Sweden Billinge is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 444 inhabitants in 2005....	444
8	Kungshult Kungshult Kungshult is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 367 inhabitants in 2005....	367
9	Gårdstånga Gårdstånga Gårdstånga is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 339 inhabitants in 2005. Route E66 ran straight through the village until 1984 when the road routed was outside the community....	339
10	Hurva	332
11	Stockamöllan Stockamöllan Stockamöllan is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3.300.543 inhabitants in 2005....	301
12	Väggarp Väggarp Väggarp is a locality situated in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 213 inhabitants in 2005....	213

1) Löberöd is a bimunicipal http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp locality situated on the municipal border. A minor part is in Höör Municipality

Höör Municipality

Höör Municipality is a municipality in the central part of Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Höör....

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External links

• Eslöv Municipality Official site
• Coat of arms