Simrishamn Municipality (Simrishamns kommun) is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Skåne County

Skåne County

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 in southern Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn

Simrishamn

Simrishamn is a locality and the seat of Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,546 inhabitants in 2005. Simrishamn is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city....

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The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nation-wide municipal reforms carried out in Sweden during the second half of the 20th century. In 1969 a number of surrounding rural municipalities were merged with the City of Simrishamn. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type in 1971 and in 1974 more territory was added. The number of original entities (pre-1952) is twenty.

Geography

The landscape south and west of Simrishamn is mainly open and very flat farmland, in most places you can see for several miles in all directions. To the north of Simrishamn the landscape is broken up by small forests and gently sloping hills. The coastline directly south and north of Simrishamn is stony to a great degree, but turns into broad beaches with white sand further away.
The scenic Stenshuvud National Park is located by the shore, within the municipal borders, and is one of the geographically more fascinating places in Scania

Scania

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. Simrishamn is located in the Österlen

Österlen

Österlen is the southeastern part of the Swedish province of Scania. The name derives from its location 'east of the route' ; 'Öster om len' . The principal town of Österlen is Simrishamn...

 area.

Localities

There are 13 urban area

Urban areas in Sweden

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s (also called tätorter or localities) in Simrishamn 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	Simrishamn Simrishamn Simrishamn is a locality and the seat of Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,546 inhabitants in 2005. Simrishamn is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city....	6 546
2	Kivik Kivik Kivik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,013 inhabitants in 2005. It is located in a part of Scania called Österlen....	1 013
3	Skillinge Skillinge Skillinge is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 841 inhabitants in 2005. Skillinge has become known particularly for its theatre.- External links :* * *...	1005
4	Gärsnäs Gärsnäs Gärsnäs is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 955 inhabitants in 2005....	955
5	Borrby Borrby Borrby is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 947 inhabitants in 2005.- External links :* *...	947
6	Hammenhög Hammenhög Hammenhög is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 908 inhabitants in 2005.The village is named after a bronze-age grave, the first part of the name, Hammen-, refers to a person named Haming or Hamund, the second part, -hög, from the Old Norse word Haugr, means...	908
7	Sankt Olof Sankt Olof Sankt Olof is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 640 inhabitants in 2005.Sankt Olof is a village located 15 miles northwest of Simrishamn. And is named after the church in the village. Which is named after Olaf II of Norway, the village was originally called...	640
8	Brantevik Brantevik Brantevik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 451 inhabitants in 2005....	451
9	Östra Tommarp Östra Tommarp Östra Tommarp is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 279 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	279
10	Vik Vik, Sweden Vik is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 264 inhabitants in 2005....	264
11	Vitaby Vitaby Vitaby is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 255 inhabitants in 2005....	255
12	Baskemölla Baskemölla Baskemölla is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 238 inhabitants in 2005....	238
13	Simris Simris Simris is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 235 inhabitants in 2005....	235

Minor localities

There are 14 minor localities (also called småorter) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

#	Minor locality	Population
14	Östra Vemmerlöv	194
15	Gröstorp	190
16	Järrestad	170
17	Gladsax	128
18	Ravlunda	111
19	Sandby	105
20	Vitemölla Vitemölla Vitemölla is a village situated in the southern part of Sweden, in Skåne. It's situated right next to Kivik, and every year there's a market, Kiviks Marknad, between these two villages. The market goes on for three days, and it's very crowded. Most people only live in Vitemölla during summers, but...	100
21	Södra Mellby	92
22	Örnahusen	87
23	Gyllebo	69
24	Vallby	67
25	Skräddaröd	58
26	Östra Hoby	55
27	Raskarum + Ljunglyckorna*	54

* Counted together

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned

Town twinning

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 with:

Barth, Germany

Germany

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 Bornholm Municipality, Denmark

Denmark

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Kołobrzeg, Poland

Poland

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 Palanga

Palanga

Palanga and beautiful sand dunes. Officially Palanga has the status of a city municipality and includes Šventoji, Nemirseta, Būtingė and other settlements, which are considered as part of the city of Palanga.-Legend:...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

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External links

• Simrishamn - Official site
• Coat of arms
• Österlen - Official site