Bjuv Municipality

Bjuv Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Skåne County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bjuv.

The amalgamations connected to the 1971 local government reform in Sweden took place in this area in 1974, when "old" Bjuv (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Billesholm and Ekeby.

History

The municipal arms depicts a mining torch lighting up a dark area. The reason is that Bjuv Municipality has had a coal mining industry since the 18th century. In the end of the 19th century, the clay industry flourished, based on the coal.

Localities

There were two localities in the municipality in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Aligned table

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Bjuv Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=BjuvVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 15,817 residents, including 10,979 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=BjuvVal2022/> 35.1% voted for the left coalition and 63.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % Billesholm 1 1,227 809 35.7 62.0 74 68 32 21,941 23 Billesholm 2 1,424 1,072 33.0 65.7 81 76 24 24,690 28 Billesholm 3 1,508 1,005 38.5 60.1 70 57 43 22,569 22 Bjuv 1 1,689 1,300 33.9 65.4 78 69 31 24,459 25 Bjuv 2 1,385 1,013 31.1 66.7 82 68 32 27,032 28 Bjuv 3 1,480 1,042 36.4 61.9 74 67 33 24,213 21 Bjuv 4 1,632 1,043 41.7 55.0 66 48 52 19,544 20 Bjuv 5 1,773 1,130 41.9 53.1 64 43 57 19,177 23 Ekeby 1 1,137 806 32.3 65.2 78 77 23 23,997 25 Ekeby 2 1,262 853 29.2 70.1 80 76 24 25,632 21 Ekeby 3 1,300 906 29.6 69.7 81 82 18 26,388 25 Source: SVT<ref name=BjuvVal2022/>

Politics

After 2022 election composition of the municipal council was as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Party		Seats	±
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Sweden Democrats	13	+2
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Social Democratic Party	10	-1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Moderate Party	5
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Centre Party	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Christian Democrats	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Liberals	1
bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Left Party	1
Total		31

External links

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