Laholm 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....

 in southwest Sweden

Sweden

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. The seat is located in Laholm

Laholm

Laholm is a locality and the seat of Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 5,835 inhabitants in 2005.Laholm is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a city...

.

The amalgamation

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 process during the local government reform in the 1970s took place in two steps. In 1971 the City of Laholm merged with two rural municipalities forming the unitary municipality and three years later four more units were added.

Localities

There are 14 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 Laholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Laholm Laholm Laholm is a locality and the seat of Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 5,835 inhabitants in 2005.Laholm is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a city...	5,835
2	Mellbystrand Mellbystrand Mellbystrand is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 1,681 inhabitants in 2005.Geographically the village is located south of the estuary of the river Lagan, stretching along the Bay of Laholm....	1,681
3	Veinge Veinge Veinge is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 1,176 inhabitants in 2005....	1,176
4	Knäred Knäred Knäred is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 1,129 inhabitants in 2005. The Treaty of Knäred was signed there in 1613, when the province of Halland was still part of Denmark.- References :...	1,129
5	Våxtorp Våxtorp Våxtorp is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 986 inhabitants in 2005.The village is situated not too far from the horst Hallandsåsen and the national highway number 24 runs through it. Most of the modern settlement has grown around the crossing of the roads...	986
6	Lilla Tjärby Lilla Tjärby Lilla Tjärby is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 882 inhabitants in 2005....	882
7	Vallberga Vallberga Vallberga is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 647 inhabitants in 2005....	647
8	Genevad Genevad Genevad is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 597 inhabitants in 2005....	597
9	Skummeslövsstrand Skummeslövsstrand Skummeslövsstrand is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 454 inhabitants in 2005.It is a seaside resort on Sweden's west coast and has the country's longest beach ....	454
10	Skottorp Skottorp Skottorp is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 451 inhabitants in 2005....	451
11	Ränneslöv Ränneslöv Ränneslöv is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 425 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	425
12	Hishult Hishult Hishult is a locality and a parish situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 356 inhabitants in 2005.The area has been a centre of iron extraction and formed a county, including parts of northern Skåne while it was Danish...	356
13	Ysby Ysby Ysby is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 246 inhabitants in 2005....	246
14	Hasslöv Hasslöv Hasslöv is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 242 inhabitants in 2005....	242

External links

• Laholm Municipality - Official site