Åstorp 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

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

 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 town of Åstorp

Åstorp

Åstorp is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Åstorp Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 8,514 inhabitants in 2005. It is also partly located in Ängelholm Municipality.-Overview:...

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In 1974 "old" Åstorp (a market town (köping

Köping

This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....

) since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.

Localities

There are 3 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 Åstorp Municipality.

In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

#	Locality	Population
1	Åstorp Åstorp Åstorp is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Åstorp Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 8,514 inhabitants in 2005. It is also partly located in Ängelholm Municipality.-Overview:...	8,514
2	Hyllinge Hyllinge Hyllinge is the second largest locality situated in Åstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 2,002 inhabitants in 2005.The settlement grew up in the 19th century around a coal mine. The first Swedish cases of the Spanish flu were detected here in 1918....	2,002
3	Kvidinge Kvidinge Kvidinge is a locality situated in Åstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,796 inhabitants in 2005.It is famous as the death site of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810. Crown Prince was inspecting the Scanian Hussar Regiment troops on its training ground Kvidinge Heath at...	1,796

A small part of Åstorp

Åstorp

Åstorp is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Åstorp Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 8,514 inhabitants in 2005. It is also partly located in Ängelholm Municipality.-Overview:...

 is situated in Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm....

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External links

• Åstorp Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms