Vellinge Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Vellinge kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Vellinge


arearank=268th
area=144.17
arealand=143.18
populationrank=74th
population=32,270
densityrank=27th
populationdensity=225.4
website=http://www.vellinge.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006|

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

The municipality is a result of the latest local government reform in Sweden. In 1974 the municipalities of "Räng", "Vellinge" and "Månstorp" (themselves created through amalgamation of even smaller units in 1952) amalgamated with the former "City of Skanör med Falsterbo" to form a new Vellinge Municipality.

The municipality is considered to be one of the most economically well-off in Sweden, politically governed by a stable majority of the liberal conservative Moderate Party. Due to its low taxes, Vellinge Municipality is mainly populated by middle class families, many commuting to Malmö (pop. 250,000).

Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vellinge Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

All of the urban areas are best characterized as affluent suburbs within the metropolitan area of South-Western Scania. Skanör-Falsterbo was an important medieval town.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.vellinge.se/ Vellinge] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/v/vellinge.htm Coat of arms]