Åstorp Municipality

Municipality in South Sweden, Sweden

Åstorp Municipality Åstorps kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°08′N 12°57′E / 56.133°N 12.950°E / 56.133; 12.950
Country	Sweden
National Area	South Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Åstorp
Area ^[1]
• Total	92.47 km² (35.70 sq mi)
• Land	92.22 km² (35.61 sq mi)
• Water	0.25 km² (0.10 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	16,458
• Density	180/km² (460/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

Åstorp Municipality (Åstorps kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åstorp.

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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Åstorp	8,514
2	Hyllinge	2,002
3	Kvidinge	1,796

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

26,355

Kvidinge

1,062

783

28.2

71.0

25,115

Kvidinge C

1,711

1,210

30.3

68.9

23,553

Nyvång

798

526

43.2

55.8

22,941

Åstorp Bjärshög

1,601

948

50.6

46.4

16,533

Åstorp Björnekulla

1,108

767

34.1

64.1

27,107

Åstorp C

2,120

1,431

38.9

59.8

19,132

Åstorp Dala

1,579

1,042

42.2

56.6

22,691

Åstorp N

1,594

1,109

40.8

58.0

23,406

Åstorp Ö

2,074

1,484

32.4

66.5

28,946

Source: SVT^[3]

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Åstorp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.