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Municipality in Skane County, Sweden
Perstorp Municipality
(
Perstorps kommun
) is a
municipality
in
Skane County
in southern
Sweden
. Its seat is located in the town
Perstorp
.
Perstorp was made a market town (
koping
) 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
koping
status was abolished.
Locality
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There is only one
urban area
(also called a Tatort 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
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This is a demographic table based on Perstorp Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
sourced from
SVT
's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB
official statistics.
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In total there were 7,541 residents, including 5,143 Swedish citizens of voting age.
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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,
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the party's highest share in any electoral district in the country.
Location
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Centrum/Norra
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1,690
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1,171
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39.3
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59.8
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67
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61
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39
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18,847
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24
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Oderljunga
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1,044
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785
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25.0
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74.5
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81
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87
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13
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24,684
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26
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Sodra
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1,585
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1,057
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39.4
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60.0
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68
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66
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34
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20,762
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23
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Vastra
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1,760
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1,087
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41.0
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57.9
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63
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57
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43
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19,603
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24
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Ostra
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1,462
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1,043
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35.0
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63.6
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75
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71
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29
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22,384
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30
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Source:
SVT
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