Trelleborg Municipality (Trelleborgs kommun) is the southernmost municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 of Sweden

Sweden

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, in Skåne County

Skåne County

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. Its seat is located in the city Trelleborg

Trelleborg

Trelleborg is a locality and the seat of Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 25,643 inhabitants in 2005. It is the southernmost town in Sweden.-History:...

.

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Trelleborg with five rural municipalities. It consists of over thirty original local government units.

The municipality boasts 35 kilometers of predominantly sandy beach in the south, beech

Beech

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 woods to the north, and in between one of the most fertile soils in the world.

Localities

There are 8 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 Trelleborg 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	Trelleborg Trelleborg Trelleborg is a locality and the seat of Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 25,643 inhabitants in 2005. It is the southernmost town in Sweden.-History:...	25,643
2	Anderslöv Anderslöv Anderslöv is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,680 inhabitants in 2005.-References or Allusions:An important part of the Sjöwall and Wahlöö novel Cop Killer is fictitiously situated in Anderslöv....	1,680
3	Gislövs läge och Simremarken Gislövs läge och Simremarken Gislövs läge och Simremarken is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,462 inhabitants in 2005....	1,462
4	Smygehamn Smygehamn Smygehamn is the southernmost locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,174 inhabitants in 2005.1887-1957 Smygehamn had the southernmost railway station of Sweden....	1,174
5	Skegrie Skegrie Skegrie is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 745 inhabitants in 2005....	745
6	Beddingestrand Beddingestrand Beddingestrand is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 644 inhabitants in 2005....	644
7	Klagstorp Klagstorp Klagstorp is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 341 inhabitants in 2005....	341
8	Alstad Alstad Alstad is a locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 252 inhabitants in 2005....	252

External links

• Trelleborg Municipality - Official site
• History (Used on April 29, 2005)