Halmstad Municipality
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Halmstad Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Halland County
Halland County
Halland County is a county on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad....

 on the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 west coast, in which the city Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...

 is the seat.

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality Simlångsdalen (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the City of Halmstad. The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

Localities

There are 21 urban areas
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 (also called a tätort or locality) in Halmstad Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
# Locality Population
1 Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...

55,688
2 Oskarström
Oskarström
Oskarström is the second largest locality in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 4,011 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated along the river Nissan about 15 km north-east of Halmstad....

 
4,011
3 Fyllinge
Fyllinge
Fyllinge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 2,830 inhabitants in 2005....

 
2,830
4 Getinge
Getinge
Getinge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,885 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,885
5 Frösakull
Frösakull
Frösakull is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,635 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,635
6 Trönninge
Trönninge, Halmstad
Trönninge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,555 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 
1,555
7 Åled
Åled
Åled is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,536 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,536
8 Harplinge
Harplinge
Harplinge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,454 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,454
9 Gullbrandstorp
Gullbrandstorp
Gullbrandstorp is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,435 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,435
10 Haverdal
Haverdal
Haverdal is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,401 inhabitants in 2005....

 
1,401
11 Kvibille
Kvibille
Kvibille is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 793 inhabitants in 2005....

 
793
12 Steninge
Steninge
Steninge is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 769 inhabitants in 2005....

 
769
13 Gullbranna
Gullbranna
Gullbranna is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 727 inhabitants in 2005....

 
727
14 Eldsberga
Eldsberga
Eldsberga is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 717 inhabitants in 2005....

 
717
15 Villshärad
Villshärad
Villshärad is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 628 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 
628
16 Simlångsdalen
Simlångsdalen
Simlångsdalen is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 577 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 
577
17 Laxvik
Laxvik
Laxvik is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 469 inhabitants in 2005....

 
469
18 Holm
Holm, Halmstad
Holm is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 462 inhabitants in 2005....

 
462
19 Sennan
Sennan, Halmstad
Sennan is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 430 inhabitants in 2005....

 
430
20 Tylösand
Tylösand
Tylösand is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 387 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 7 km west of Halmstad, on Tyludden. Tylösand is famous for its 7 km long sand beach, its golf courses and “Hotell Tylösand”, a hotel owned by Roxette star Per...

 
387
21 Skedala
Skedala
Skedala is a locality situated in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 355 inhabitants in 2005....

 
355

See also

  • University College of Halmstad
    University College of Halmstad
    Halmstad University is a university college in Halmstad, Sweden. The university was established in 1973, Halmstad University is a Swedish state university with over 14 500 students, including more than 300 exchange students and more than 300 international programme students...

  • Hallandsposten
    Hallandsposten
    Hallandsposten is a newspaper printed in Halmstad, Sweden, that was founded 1850. It is the major newspaper of Halmstad, Hylte and Laholm municipalities. It is printed daily since 1900, before that it was printed two times a week. It has a distribution of 32,000.- External links :*...

  • Swedish Army
    Swedish Army
    The Swedish Army is one of the oldest standing armies in the world and a branch of the Swedish Armed Forces; it is in charge of land operations. General Sverker Göranson is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Army.- Organization :...

  • Swedish Air Force
    Swedish Air Force
    The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.-History:The Swedish Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded...


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