Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 1285 Province Skåne County | Seat Eslöv ISO 3166 code SE Website www.eslov.se | |
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Points of interest Skarhult Castle, Hjularöd Castle, Eslövs Leksaksmuseum, Västra Strö 2 Runestone | ||
Eslöv Municipality (Eslövs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv.
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Map of Esl%C3%B6v, Sweden
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Eslöv was amalgamated with a number of surrounding municipalities, most of them created by the earlier nationwide local government reform in 1952.
The municipality has several interesting places. There are 11 castles. Hjularöd's castle was the setting of the Swedish TV classic Mystery of Greveholm broadcast by SVT. In the Västra Strö village by the church there is an ancient monument consisting of five standing stones and two runestones DR 334 and DR 335 dating from about the year 1000. Sweden's only sugar refinery lies in Örtofta, south of Eslöv. In Eslöv there are two nature reserves, Allmänningen and Abullahagen. The Stone Mountain, Eslöv Church and Hotel Sten Stensson Sten with the locally famous "Scanish Steps" lie in the middle of Eslöv. Maybe the most famous inhabitant of Eslöv is the comedian Johan Glans, who has made several TV series.
Localities
There are 12 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eslöv 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.
1) Löberöd is a bimunicipal [1] locality situated on the municipal border. A minor part is in Höör Municipality.