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Perstorp Municipality

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| name = Perstorp Municipality

| native_name = Perstorps kommun

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| subdivision_name1 = Skåne County

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| seat = Perstorp

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Perstorp Municipality (Perstorps kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Perstorp.

Perstorp was made a market town (köping) 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 köping status was abolished.

Locality

There is only one urban area (also called a Tätort 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

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.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1275-perstorp.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Perstorp i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=23 January 2024}}

In total there were 7,541 residents, including 5,143 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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,{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-12750103-oderljunga.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Oderljunga i riksdagsvalet|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=11 September 2022|access-date=23 January 2024}} the party's highest share in any electoral district in the country.

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! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

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! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

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align="left" |Centrum/Norra

| 1,690

| 1,171

| 39.3

| 59.8

| 67

| 61

| 39

| 18,847

| 24

align="left" |Oderljunga

| 1,044

| 785

| 25.0

| 74.5

| 81

| 87

| 13

| 24,684

| 26

align="left" |Södra

| 1,585

| 1,057

| 39.4

| 60.0

| 68

| 66

| 34

| 20,762

| 23

align="left" |Västra

| 1,760

| 1,087

| 41.0

| 57.9

| 63

| 57

| 43

| 19,603

| 24

align="left" |Östra

| 1,462

| 1,043

| 35.0

| 63.6

| 75

| 71

| 29

| 22,384

| 30

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

References

  • [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline}}
  • [http://www.perstorp.se/ Perstorp] - Official site
  • [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/p/perstorp.htm Coat of arms]
  • [http://www.perstorp.com/ Perstorp AB] - The company Perstorp AB

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Perstorp

| N = Örkelljunga

| E = Hässleholm

| S = Klippan

| W = Örkelljunga
Klippan

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{{Skåne County}}

{{Localities in Perstorp Municipality}}

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Category:Municipalities of Skåne County

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