Editing Skurup Municipality

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| name                    = Skurup Municipality
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'''Skurup Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Skurups kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Skåne County]] in southern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town [[Skurup]]. It is considered part of [[Greater Malmö]] by [[Statistics Sweden]].

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the market town (''[[köping]]'') of ''Skurup'' was merged with ''Rydsgård'' and ''Vemmenhög''.

==Localities==
There are 4 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Skurup 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.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Skurup]]''' || 6,978
|-
| 2 || [[Rydsgård]] || 1,301
|-
| 3 || [[Skivarp]] || 1,252
|-
| 4 || [[Abbekås]] || 708
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Skurup 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=SkurupVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1264-skurup.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Skurup i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 16,403 residents, including 12,295 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SkurupVal2022/> 35.3% voted for the left coalition and 63.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| 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" |Rydsgård
| 1,895
| 1,436
| 34.7
| 64.2
| 80
| 85
| 15
| 25,579
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Skivarp N
| 2,073
| 1,476
| 34.6
| 64.3
| 81
| 82
| 18
| 25,951
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Skivarp S
| 1,643
| 1,312
| 32.0
| 66.3
| 78
| 86
| 14
| 26,995
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Skurup NO
| 2,037
| 1,537
| 36.1
| 62.0
| 76
| 78
| 22
| 24,151
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Skurup NV
| 2,415
| 1,774
| 38.6
| 60.3
| 81
| 79
| 21
| 25,191
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Skurup SO
| 2,531
| 1,923
| 33.4
| 65.4
| 76
| 84
| 16
| 22,265
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Skurup SV
| 2,091
| 1,510
| 35.6
| 63.9
| 84
| 82
| 18
| 27,297
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Slimminge
| 1,718
| 1,327
| 35.0
| 63.7
| 84
| 86
| 14
| 28,656
| 40
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=SkurupVal2022/>
|}

== Places of interest ==
* [[Svaneholm Castle]]

==Twin cities==
* [[Maszlow]], [[Poland]]
* [[Franzburg-Richtenberg]], [[Germany]]

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.skurup.se/ Skurup] - Official site
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/s/images/skurup.jpg Coat of arms]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Skurup
 | NE = [[Sjöbo Municipality|Sjöbo]]
 | E  = [[Ystad Municipality|Ystad]]
 | S  = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
 | W  = [[Svedala Municipality|Svedala]]<br/>[[Trelleborg Municipality|Trelleborg]]
 | NW = [[Lund Municipality|Lund]]
}}
{{Skåne County}}
{{Localities in Skurup Municipality}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Skåne County]]
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