Laholm Municipality

Laholm Municipality Laholms kommun
Municipality
Laholm Municipality logotype Laholm Municipality logotype
Coat of arms
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Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Laholm
Area
• Total	963.38 km2 (371.96 sq mi)
• Land	882.96 km2 (340.91 sq mi)
• Water	80.42 km2 (31.05 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)
• Total	24,248
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland
Municipal code	1381
Website	www.laholm.se

Laholm Municipality (Laholms kommun) is a municipality in Halland County in southwest Sweden. The seat is located in Laholm.

The amalgamation 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 (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	5,835
2	Mellbystrand	1,681
3	Veinge	1,176
4	Knäred	1,129
5	Våxtorp	986
6	Lilla Tjärby	882
7	Vallberga	647
8	Genevad	597
9	Skummeslövsstrand	454
10	Skottorp	451
11	Ränneslöv	425
12	Hishult	356
13	Ysby	246
14	Hasslöv	242

Pictures

• Laholmskraftverk.jpg

  Water power plant

• Silolaholm.jpg

  Silo

• Gamlastationshuset.jpg

  Old railway station

• Laholmbro1.jpg

  Old bridge

• Laholmbro2.jpg

  Old bridge

• Vaxtorps kyrka.jpg

  Church in Våxtorp

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Laholm Municipality - Official site