Staffanstorp Municipality
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Sweden with the province Skåne (Scania) highlighted Missing image Svcmap_skane.png Scania with Staffanstorp municipality and seat Missing image Staffanstorp_Municipality_in_Scania.png See also:Municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms Missing image Staffanstorp_City_Arms.jpg | |
Seat | Staffanstorp | |
County | Skåne County | |
Province | Scania | |
Area Rank | 107 km² 271th of 290 | |
Population Rank | 20,394 (2005) 116th of 290 | |
Density | 189.5/km² |
Staffanstorp is a municipality and town in Scania in southernmost Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 107.8 km².
The population has in 2002 exceeded 20,000.
In the municipality there are two villages which have grown to suburbs, Staffanstorp with 13,600 inhabitants and Hjärup with 3,500 inhabitants, which both are typical residential districts dominated by detached houses build in the second half of the 20th century, wherefrom most people commute for work in the nearby cities of Lund and Malmö.
Uppåkra, the previous location for the city of Lund, is located between Hjärup and Staffanstorp.
External links
- Staffanstorp (http://www.staffanstorp.se/) - Official sitede:Staffanstorp