Löddeköpinge is the second-largest locality

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...

 in Kävlinge Municipality

Kävlinge Municipality

Kävlinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kävlinge.-Localities:...

, Skåne County

Skåne County

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, with 5,582 inhabitants as of 2005.

Löddeköpinge is about 10 km southwest of the municipal seat Kävlinge

Kävlinge

Kävlinge is a locality and the seat of Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 8,550 inhabitants in 2005.In 1996, a train containing large amounts of ammonia derailed and around 9,000 people had to be evacuated from the area...

 and about 5 km from Barsebäck nuclear power plant

Barsebäck nuclear power plant

Barsebäck is a closed boiling water nuclear power plant in Sweden, which is situated in Barsebäck, Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne. Located just 20 kilometers from the Danish capital, Copenhagen, the Danish government pressed for its closure during its entire lifetime. As a result of the Swedish...

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The locality lies in the former parish of Löddeköpinge, which was an annex (subordinate) parish to that of Borgeby

Borgeby

Borgeby Castle lies in Lomma Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden, aside the Kävlingeån, the largest river in Scania.The castle is built on the site of an 11th-century castle or fortress. Finds on the site may relate it to Harald Bluetooth. It may be reconstructed similar to the Trelleborg type...

, located in the härad

Harad

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 of Harjager and in the deanery of Torna

Torna

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 and Diocese of Lund

Diocese of Lund

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. In 1911 it covered 1884 hectares and had 1131 inhabitants. As a division of the Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

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, Löddeköpinge parish became Borgeby's mother parish in 1937 and was transferred to the deanery of Harjager in 1939. Since 1962, it has been merged with Borgeby, Barsebäck

Barsebäck

Barsebäck is a locality situated in Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 509 inhabitants in 2005.It lies about 4 km east of the harbour village Barsebäckshamn. It is known for the Barsebäck nuclear power plant, and for the internationally known golf course Barsebäck Golf & Country Club...

, Hofterup

Hofterup

Hofterup is a locality situated in Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,243 inhabitants in 2005.Hofterup is known for:Hofterupsdösen, a stone chamber tomb from the Neolithic...

 and Hög

Hog

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 as a single parish in the deanery of Rönneberga.