Bjuv Municipality

Bjuv Municipality

*Bjuvs kommun*
Bjuv Municipality Bjuvs kommun
Municipality
	Vrams Gunnarstorp Castle, located in Bjuv Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 56°05′N 12°55′E / 56.083°N 12.917°E
Country	Sweden
National Area	South Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Bjuv
Area
• Total	115.75 km2 (44.69 sq mi)
• Land	115.28 km2 (44.51 sq mi)
• Water	0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	15,968
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1260
Website	www.bjuv.se

Bjuv Municipality (Swedish: Bjuvs kommun) 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.^[3]

Locality	Population
Bjuv	16000 (based on 2022 estimates)
Ekeby	3,366

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.^[4]

In total there were 15,817 residents, including 10,979 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 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

%

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^[4]

Politics

After 2022 election composition of the municipal council was as follows:^[5]

Party		Seats	±
	Sweden Democrats	13	+2
	Social Democratic Party	10	-1
	Moderate Party	5
	Centre Party	1
	Christian Democrats	1
	Liberals	1
	Left Party	1
Total		31

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Bjuv i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Bjuv - Valda". Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-14.

External links

Official website

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[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[3] "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-08-14.

[BjuvVal2022-4] "Valresultat 2022 för Bjuv i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[5] "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Bjuv - Valda". Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-14.

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