Hörby Municipality
Hörby Municipality
Hörby kommun | ||
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Municipal code 1266 | | |
| Website | www.horby.se | |
Hörby Municipality (Hörby kommun) is a municipality in the central part of Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hörby.
The present municipality consists of ten original entities merged to each other in 1952, 1969 and 1974.
Geography
The geography is varied with a few forests, some lakes and streams and farmland and even wildlife. Hörby is one of the most meadow-filled municipalities in Sweden.
Localities
There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hörby Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Hörby | 6965 |
| 2 | Ludvigsborg | 743 |
| 3 | Osbyholm | 260 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Hörby Municipality's electoral districts in the
In total there were 15,716 inhabitants, including 11,943 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 33.2% voted for the left coalition and 65.8% 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
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Degree |
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| Folkets hus | 2,887 | 2,130 | 33.1 | 66.3 | 75 | 79 | 21 | 22,542 | 30 |
| Frostaskolan | 2,327 | 1,831 | 36.0 | 63.2 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 23,576 | 34 |
| Ludvigsborg | 1,609 | 1,239 | 29.5 | 69.4 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 27,133 | 39 |
| Lyby-Georgshill | 2,216 | 1,686 | 33.5 | 66.0 | 83 | 85 | 15 | 25,348 | 30 |
| Långaröd | 1,159 | 903 | 34.3 | 63.7 | 82 | 89 | 11 | 23,566 | 35 |
| Svensköp | 1,061 | 807 | 33.4 | 65.6 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 25,136 | 37 |
| Älvdalsskolan | 2,785 | 2,053 | 33.3 | 65.7 | 79 | 78 | 22 | 24,158 | 30 |
| Östraby-Västerstad | 1,672 | 1,294 | 28.9 | 69.7 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 25,809 | 33 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
History
Some historians claim
Culture
Hörby Municipality still has much of the old cultural heritage remaining in the villages.
Hörby is famous for being home to one of the transmitting stations specified on old MF radio receivers. The broadcasting signals (radio, TV) are still transmitted from the Teracom transmitting station in Östra Sallerup, 7 km south of the town of Hörby. MF transmissions do not occur from Hörby any more, but from the new transmitter in Sölvesborg, inaugurated in 1985, at the coast of the Baltic Sea.
On the first Wednesday and Thursday in July every year since 1748, the Hörby Market (Hörby Marknad) is held. It attracts thousands of visitors and is one of the three main traditional markets in
.The most famous personality from Hörby was the author Victoria Benedictsson (1850-1888).
Håkan Dahlby was born in Västerstad, in Hörby municipality.
Gallery
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Bridge in Hörby -
Hörby church -
Osbyholm castle -
Windmill in Östraby
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
External links
- Hörby - Official site
- Coat of arms
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