Vellinge Municipality

Vellinge Municipality Vellinge kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Vellinge
Area[1]
• Total	704.01 km2 (271.82 sq mi)
• Land	143.18 km2 (55.28 sq mi)
• Water	560.83 km2 (216.54 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2012)[2]
• Total	33,172
• Density	Bad rounding here47/km2 (Bad rounding here120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1233
Website	www.vellinge.se

Vellinge Municipality (Vellinge kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vellinge.

The present municipality is a result of the latest local government reform in Sweden. In 1974 the municipalities of Räng, Vellinge and Månstorp (all three created through amalgamation of even smaller units in 1952) amalgamated with the former Town of Skanör med Falsterbo to form a new Vellinge Municipality.

The municipality is considered to be one of the most economically well-off in Sweden, politically governed by a stable majority of the liberal conservative Moderate Party. Due to its low taxes, Vellinge Municipality is mainly populated by middle-class families, many commuting to Malmö (pop. 250,000).

Localities [edit]

There are nine urban areas (also called a tätort, i.e. locality) in Vellinge 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.

All of the urban areas are best characterized as affluent suburbs within the metropolitan area of South-Western Scania. Skanör-Falsterbo was an important medieval town.

References [edit]

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

External links [edit]

• Vellinge - Official site

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Coordinates: 55°28′N 13°01′E / 55.467°N 13.017°E / 55.467; 13.017