Kristianstad Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.

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.

Geography Its size of makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.

Localities There are 26 urban areas () in Kristianstad Municipality.Statistics Sweden

In the table, the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#Urban areaPopulation1Kristianstad2Åhus3Hammar4Tollarp5Fjälkinge6Färlöv7Önnestad8Degeberga9Viby10Everöd11Gärds Köpinge12Arkelstorp13Rinkaby14Yngsjö15Balsby16Österslöv17Linderöd18Bäckaskog19Nyehusen och Furuboda20Huaröd21Östra Sönnarslöv22Vånga23Bjärlöv24Vittskövle25Vanneberga26Skepparslöv

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Kristianstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 86,502 residents, including 65,373 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.5% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Kristianstad was the most populated municipality in the country in which the Sweden Democrats won the most votes and the right coalition had an advantage of 12,610 votes.

Location % % Bäckaskog 1,779 1,411 29.7 68.9 84 90 10 26,719 37Centrum 2,314 1,849 39.0 57.9 71 61 39 21,560 42Charlottesborg-Härlöv 2,058 1,398 51.2 47.5 68 41 59 20,846 29Degeberga-Hörröd 2,412 1,911 33.3 65.5 80 90 10 24,339 34Egna Hem-Parkstaden 1,713 1,399 35.0 63.6 80 79 21 27,411 54Everödsbygden 1,593 1,229 31.8 67.2 80 87 13 23,510 32Fjälkinge-Nymö 2,285 1,706 29.4 69.7 85 90 10 26,642 34Färlöv 2,295 1,734 37.3 62.3 84 84 16 26,918 37Gamlegården 1 2,503 1,220 74.3 15.5 44 10 90 10,125 22Gamlegården 2 2,664 1,431 72.9 16.9 42 14 86 10,602 22Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby 2,165 1,628 34.3 65.2 86 86 14 27,743 39Hammar 1,509 1,193 38.0 61.0 83 76 24 26,908 43Hammarslund-Araslöv 2,311 1,645 34.1 65.3 83 74 26 29,088 50Hedentorp-Åsum 2,442 1,868 36.7 62.5 85 77 23 27,230 41Kulltorp 1,822 1,338 39.8 58.9 83 70 30 28,753 53Köpinge-Nöbbelöv 1,659 1,243 29.3 69.7 84 90 10 27,417 34Lyckans Höjd 1,898 1,480 45.4 52.4 71 63 37 20,108 40Nosaby 2,067 1,529 41.4 57.6 82 73 27 28,508 51Näsby N 1,566 1,196 56.4 41.3 72 44 56 21,865 43Näsby S 1,960 1,358 48.8 49.7 59 54 46 16,997 48Oppmanna-Vånga 2,282 1,767 36.2 62.7 84 91 9 24,262 42Sommarlust 1,445 1,137 40.5 58.1 82 78 22 24,898 49Söder 2,060 1,724 38.4 60.4 80 72 28 24,205 45Söder-Udden 2,227 1,831 42.6 55.1 72 70 30 22,202 41Tollarp-Linderöd 2,412 1,838 31.0 68.3 83 88 12 23,993 33Tollarp C-N 1,689 1,261 33.6 65.5 83 87 13 24,836 30Tollarp C-S 1,337 992 31.7 66.8 75 80 20 21,307 30Träne-Djurröd 1,579 1,221 27.5 71.6 84 91 9 27,439 40Vilan-Långebro 1,872 1,378 47.7 51.0 69 55 45 20,985 34Vä 2,618 1,887 31.6 68.0 87 87 13 29,002 48Yngsjö-Vittskövle 2,317 1,987 34.4 64.7 81 92 8 25,350 43Åhus C 2,032 1,693 31.8 67.8 82 91 9 25,701 49Åhus Transval 1,241 1,052 35.6 63.6 82 91 9 24,700 39Åhus Täppet 1,977 1,604 28.9 70.3 86 93 7 29,479 47Åhus Vanneberg 1,622 1,467 28.1 71.4 89 95 5 30,561 52Åhus Vattentornet 2,242 1,688 29.9 69.7 90 90 10 29,439 48Åhus Äspet 1,800 1,546 26.0 73.4 84 94 6 32,952 61Öllsjö 2,609 1,948 34.0 65.1 88 84 16 28,674 51Önnestad-N Strö 2,262 1,655 32.9 65.8 82 86 14 26,663 37Österslöv-Fjälkestad 1,553 1,173 34.7 64.2 83 91 9 28,728 47Östermalm 1,858 1,597 40.0 58.4 79 75 25 25,814 47Österäng 2,629 1,793 60.2 34.5 55 33 67 14,661 29Östra Fäladen 1,824 1,368 47.4 50.1 71 59 41 19,650 35Source: SVT

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities The municipality is twinned with:

Espoo, Finland Kongsberg, Norway Koszalin, Poland Køge Municipality, Denmark Rendsburg, Germany Šiauliai, Lithuania Skagafjörður, Iceland

See also University College of Kristianstad Kristianstad County (abolished 1998) Söderportgymnasiet

References Statistics Sweden

External links

Kristianstad - Official site Coat of arms