Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 1290 | ISO 3166 code SE Website www.kristianstad.se | |
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Clubs and Teams Kristianstad FC, Kristianstads IK Points of interest Kristianstads Vattenrike Biospher, Trolle‑Ljungby Castle, Forsakar Nature Reserve, Regionmuseet Kristianstad och Kristi, Maltesholm Castle | ||
Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.
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Map of Kristianstad, Sweden
The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 35.
Its size of 1,818.24 square kilometres (702.03 sq mi) makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.
Localities
There are 26 urban areas (also called tätort or locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.
In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned with: