Åstorp Municipality
Municipality in Sweden
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Åstorp Municipality (Swedish: Åstorps kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.
Åstorp Municipality
Åstorps kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°08′N 12°57′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| National Area | South Sweden |
| County | Scania County |
| Seat | Åstorp |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.47 km2 (35.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 92.22 km2 (35.61 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 16,462 |
| • Density | 178.5/km2 (462.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1277 |
| Website | www.astorp.se |
In 1974 "old" Åstorp (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Kvidinge to form the present municipality.
Localities
There are 3 urban areas (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.
A small part of Åstorp is situated in Ängelholm Municipality.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Åstorp Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 16,295 residents, including 11,089 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 36.8% voted for the left coalition and 61.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Hyllinge | 2,648 | 1,789 | 33.3 | 65.7 | 78 | 64 | 36 | 26,355 | 28 |
| Kvidinge | 1,062 | 783 | 28.2 | 71.0 | 80 | 81 | 19 | 25,115 | 22 |
| Kvidinge C | 1,711 | 1,210 | 30.3 | 68.9 | 77 | 75 | 25 | 23,553 | 26 |
| Nyvång | 798 | 526 | 43.2 | 55.8 | 75 | 55 | 45 | 22,941 | 26 |
| Åstorp Bjärshög | 1,601 | 948 | 50.6 | 46.4 | 58 | 31 | 69 | 16,533 | 24 |
| Åstorp Björnekulla | 1,108 | 767 | 34.1 | 64.1 | 81 | 72 | 28 | 27,107 | 29 |
| Åstorp C | 2,120 | 1,431 | 38.9 | 59.8 | 69 | 59 | 41 | 19,132 | 21 |
| Åstorp Dala | 1,579 | 1,042 | 42.2 | 56.6 | 74 | 59 | 41 | 22,691 | 23 |
| Åstorp N | 1,594 | 1,109 | 40.8 | 58.0 | 76 | 59 | 41 | 23,406 | 23 |
| Åstorp Ö | 2,074 | 1,484 | 32.4 | 66.5 | 87 | 83 | 17 | 28,946 | 38 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
