Ystad Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Skåne County

Skåne County

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 in southern Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the city Ystad

Ystad

Ystad is a "locality", or town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 17,286 inhabitants .Settlement dates back to the 11th century and the town has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre and tourist attraction...

.

The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former City of Ystad with four surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There are nine urban area

Urban areas in Sweden

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ystad Municipality.

In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Ystad Ystad Ystad is a "locality", or town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 17,286 inhabitants .Settlement dates back to the 11th century and the town has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre and tourist attraction...	17,286
2	Köpingebro Köpingebro Köpingebro is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,060 inhabitants in 2005....	1,060
3	Svarte Svarte Svarte is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 836 inhabitants in 2005....	836
4	Nybrostrand Nybrostrand Nybrostrand is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 675 inhabitants in 2005....	675
5	Löderup Löderup Löderup is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 558 inhabitants in 2005....	558
6	Sövestad Sövestad Sövestad is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 376 inhabitants in 2005....	376
7	Glemmingebro Glemmingebro Glemmingebro is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 349 inhabitants in 2005....	349
8	Hedeskoga Hedeskoga Hedeskoga is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 282 inhabitants in 2010....	280
9	Stora Herrestad Stora Herrestad Stora Herrestad is a locality situated in Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 258 inhabitants in 2005....	258

Twin towns — sister cities

Ystad is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Druskininkai

Druskininkai

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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 Świnoujście

Swinoujscie

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, Poland

Poland

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External links

• Ystad Municipality - Official site
• Österlen - Official site
• Kurt Wallander English Language site for fans of Henning Mankell's detective series, including information on, and photographs of, Ystad