Lomma Municipality

Coordinates: 55°40′N 13°05′E / 55.667°N 13.083°E / 55.667; 13.083
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Lomma Municipality
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Municipality
Municipal code
1262
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Lomma Municipality (Swedish: Lomma kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, about 10 km north of Malmö. Its seat is located in Lomma with secondary locality Bjärred being of almost equal population size.

The present municipality was created through the amalgamation of the market town Lomma and the rural municipality Flädie. It took place in 1963, between the two nationwide local government reforms of 1952 and 1971.

Geography

The harbour in Lomma

The small municipality borders to Kävlinge Municipality, Burlöv Municipality, Staffanstorp Municipality and Lund Municipality. As Burlöv also is notably small, Lomma Municipality almost borders to Malmö Municipality too.

It is situated by

Höje å. Along the river lies a yacht marina. In the old industrial area along the river new appartements and villas are erected, with some facing the river or the beach. The beaches along its coasts also attract visitors from other municipalities; Lomma Municipality's beaches are the principal beaches for people from the beach-less Lund
.

10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north-east is the university city of

Metropolitan Malmö, showing itself for instance by the 6,500 commuters that live in there. Travelling to and from Lomma Municipality is easy, as a main highway actually passes straight through the town of Lomma, connecting with Lund and Malmö
, and with other cities to the north.

Geologically, its terrain is almost completely flat levelled, which is the custom for south-western

Skåne
as a whole. The highest location in Lomma Municipality is 40 metres (130 ft) above sea level.

Localities

There were three localities in the municipality as of 2018.

Localities Population
Lomma 12,368
Bjärred 9,844
Flädie 231

Of note is also Alnarp, where one of the main campuses of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is located.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lomma Municipality's electoral districts in the

SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 24,615 residents, including 17,944 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 38.4% voted for the left coalition and 60.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

History

The area where Lomma Municipality is now is located between two small rivers, and was inhabited by hunters in the Stone Age. The name Lomma can be traced to 1085, and in the ensuing centuries it established some wealth thanks to merchancy with the episcopal see in Lund.

Lomma church

Nonetheless, the area was only a village until

neo Gothic
church that was finished in the 1870s.

The coat of arms depicts an anchor - showing the importance of the harbour - and a brick wall, indicating that Lomma Municipality once actually had city rights as well as its brick industry.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

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