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Perstorp Municipality

Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden

Perstorp Municipality Perstorps kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°23′E / 56.133°N 13.383°E / 56.133; 13.383
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Perstorp
Area ^[1]
• Total	161.92 km² (62.52 sq mi)
• Land	158.78 km² (61.31 sq mi)
• Water	3.14 km² (1.21 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	7,323
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1275
Website	www.perstorp.se

Perstorp Municipality (Perstorps kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Perstorp.

Perstorp was made a market town (köping) in 1947. It was amalgamated with Oderljunga in the first of the two nationwide local government reforms (1952). The reform of 1971 did not bring any new amalgamations, but the köping status was abolished.

Locality

There is only one urban area (also called a Tätort or locality) in Perstorp Municipality, the municipal seat Perstorp, with a population of 5,468 (2005).

The name Perstorp is perhaps most known by the company Perstorp AB, based in the municipality, employing 1,800 people worldwide. They are producing chemicals market and materials technology. They are also known for a subsidiary called Perstorp Flooring, producing laminate and plastic floor material.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Perstorp 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 7,541 residents, including 5,143 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 36.1% voted for the left coalition and 62.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The district of Oderljunga saw the Sweden Democrats receive 53% of the vote,^[4] the party's highest share in any electoral district in the country.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Centrum/Norra

1,690

1,171

39.3

59.8

18,847

Oderljunga

1,044

785

25.0

74.5

24,684

Södra

1,585

1,057

39.4

60.0

20,762

Västra

1,760

1,087

41.0

57.9

19,603

Östra

1,462

1,043

35.0

63.6

22,384

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 Perstorp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Valresultat 2022 för Oderljunga i riksdagsvalet". Sveriges Television. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.