'Lund Municipality' (''Lunds kommun'') is a
municipality in
Skåne County, southern
Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of
Lund.
As most municipalities in
Sweden, the territory of Lund Municipality consists of a lot of former local government units, united in a series of
amalgamations. The number of original entities (as of
1863) is 22. At the time of the nation-wide municipal reform of
1952 the number had been reduced to six. In
1967 the rural municipality ''Torn'' (itself created in 1952 was added to Lund. The ''City of Lund'' was made a unitary municipality in
1971 and amalgamated with ''Dalby'', ''Genarp'', ''Södra Sandby'' and ''Veberöd'' in
1974 completing the process.
Dalby Söderskog, one of
Sweden's national parks, is located within the municipality between the
Dalby and
Lund.
Localities
There are 9
urban areas (or
localities) in Lund 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.
References
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Statistics Sweden
External links
★
Lund Municipality - Official site