Perstorp
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Perstorp
|image_skyline = Perstorp, station.jpg
|image_caption = Perstorp train station
|image_shield = Perstorp vapen.svg
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sweden
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Perstorp Municipality
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Skåne County
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Skåne
|area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}
|area_total_km2 = 5.43
|population_as_of = 31 December 2014
|population_total = 7,150
|population_density_km2 = 1043
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|56|08|N|13|23|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
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Perstorp is a locality and the seat of Perstorp Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 6,054 inhabitants (2018).
History
= 19th Century =
== Modernization of Sweden: 1860–1910 ==
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Prior to the municipal reforms of 1862, Perstorp was, just as all local governments, based on a church parish and was integrated with the church. Following the municipal reforms, it became a part of the rural municipality of Perstorp. On 23 May 1935, the municipal community of Perstorp was established.
= 20th Century =
== Post-war Sweden ==
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In 1947, the rural municipality and the municipal community merged into the {{ILL|Perstorps Köping|sv}}. With the 1971 municipal reforms, it became a part of one of the 290 Swedish municipalities, the Municipality of Perstorp.
Until 1971, the village was part of the Norra Åsbo district court. From 1971 to 2001 it was part of the district court of Klippan, since 2001 it has been part of the district court of Helsingborg.
Demography
According to [http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__MI__MI0810__MI0810A/LandarealTatort/?rxid=ff9309f9-7ecb-480f-a73c-08d86b3e56f8 a 2015 statistic], there was a total population of 5 847 people, distributed over 576 hectares (5.76 km2) within the Perstorp municipality. [http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__MI__MI0810__MI0810A/LandarealTatort/?rxid=ff9309f9-7ecb-480f-a73c-08d86b3e56f8 "Land area per agglomeration, population and inhabitants per square kilometre. Every fifth year 1960 - 2016". Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 18 May 2017.] This amounts to ca. 10,15 people per hectare, or about one person per square kilometre.
Sports
Perstorp is home to Perstorp Bälinge Sports Club (PBIK, Perstorp Bälinge Idrottsklubb), which was formed by a merger in 2012 of Perstorp Sports Club and Bälinge Boll och Idrottsklubb.[https://idrottonline.se/PerstorpBalingeIK-Fotboll PBIK homepage]
Notable athletes from the locality include former footballer Björn Andersson and volleyball player Isabelle Haak.
Twin towns
It is twinned with Newton Aycliffe, a town in the North-East of England.
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Category:Populated places in Perstorp Municipality
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