Malmö

Malmö (Template:IPA-sv), in the soothrenmaist province o Scanie, is the third maist populous ceety in Swaden efter Stockholm an Gothenburg.

Malmö is the seat o Malmö Municipality an the caipital o Skåne Coonty. The administrative entity for maist o the ceety is Malmö Municipality which haes 290,007 inhabitants in aicht different localities, wi 38% being o foreign backgrunds,. Malmö is an' a' a bimunicipal locality, as pairt o its Burlöv Municipality. The total population o the urban aurie wis 258,020 bi the end o 2005, of which 9,108 were in Burlöv.

Greater Malmö is ane o Swaden's three offeecially recognized Metropolitan auries an syne 2005 is defined bi the municipality o Malmö an 11 ither municipalities in the soothwastren corner o Scanie. On 30 Juin 2008, its population wis recordit tae be 628,388. The region covers an aurie o 2,535.76 square kilometres ({{rnd/cdec||()}} sq mi). The municipalities includit, apairt frae Malmö, are Burlöv, Eslöv, Höör, Kävlinge, Lomma, Lund, Skurup, Staffanstorp, Svedala, Trelleborg an Vellinge. Lund, wi a municipal population o ower 100,000 an hame tae ane o Scandinavie's major universities, is tahgither wi Malmö the region's economical an educational hub.

Malmö wis ane o the earliest an maist industrialized touns o Scandinavie, but it struggled wi the adaptation tae post-industrialism. Syne the construction o the Öresund brig, Malmö haes begun a slow revival wi impressive airchitectural developments, attractin new biotech an IT companies, an pairticularly students through Malmö University College. The ceety contains mony historic biggins an pairks, an is an' a' a commercial centre for the wastren pairt o Scanie. Durin the last few years a university college (Malmö University) haes been established an the ceety is nou tryin tae focus on education, arits an cultur. Malmö wis ranked #4 in Grist Magazine's "15 Green Cities" leet in 2007.

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