Editing Perstorp Municipality

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| name                    = Perstorp Municipality
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'''Perstorp Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Perstorps kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Skåne County]] in southern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town [[Perstorp]].

Perstorp was made a market town (''[[köping]]'') in 1947. It was amalgamated with ''Oderljunga'' in the first of the two nationwide local government reforms (1952). The reform of 1971 did not bring any new amalgamations, but the ''köping'' status was abolished.

==Locality==
There is only one [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]] (also called a Tätort or locality) in Perstorp Municipality, the municipal seat [[Perstorp]], with a population of 5,468 (2005).

The name Perstorp is perhaps most known by the company [[Perstorp AB]], based in the municipality, employing 1,800 people worldwide. They are producing chemicals market and materials technology. They are also known for a subsidiary called Perstorp Flooring, producing [[laminate]] and [[plastic]] floor material.

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Perstorp Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=PerstorpVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1275-perstorp.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Perstorp i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 7,541 residents, including 5,143 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=PerstorpVal2022/> 36.1% voted for the left coalition and 62.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The district of Oderljunga saw the [[Sweden Democrats]] receive 53% of the vote,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-12750103-oderljunga.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Oderljunga i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|date=11 September 2022|access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref> the party's highest share in any electoral district in the country.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | %
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|-
| align="left" |Centrum/Norra
| 1,690
| 1,171
| 39.3
| 59.8
| 67
| 61
| 39
| 18,847
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Oderljunga
| 1,044
| 785
| 25.0
| 74.5
| 81
| 87
| 13
| 24,684
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Södra
| 1,585
| 1,057
| 39.4
| 60.0
| 68
| 66
| 34
| 20,762
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Västra
| 1,760
| 1,087
| 41.0
| 57.9
| 63
| 57
| 43
| 19,603
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Östra
| 1,462
| 1,043
| 35.0
| 63.6
| 75
| 71
| 29
| 22,384
| 30
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=PerstorpVal2022/>
|}

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.perstorp.se/ Perstorp] - Official site
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/p/perstorp.htm Coat of arms]
*[http://www.perstorp.com/ Perstorp AB] - The company Perstorp AB

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Perstorp
 | N = [[Örkelljunga Municipality|Örkelljunga]]
 | E = [[Hässleholm Municipality|Hässleholm]]
 | S = [[Klippan Municipality|Klippan]]
 | W = [[Örkelljunga Municipality|Örkelljunga]]<br/>[[Klippan Municipality|Klippan]]
}}
{{Skåne County}}
{{Localities in Perstorp Municipality}}
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