Malmö Municipality

Malmö Municipality Malmö kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat o airms
Kintra	Swaden
Coonty	Skåne Coonty
Seat	Malmö
Govrenment
- Mayor	Ilmar Reepalu (S)
Aurie
- Tot	335.14 km2 (129.4 sq mi)
- Laund	155.56 km2 (60.1 sq mi)
- Watter	179.58 km2 (69.3 sq mi)
	Aurie as o 1 January 2010.
Indwallers (30 Juin 2010)
- Tot	296,169
- Densitie	883.7/km2 (2,288.8/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scanie
Municipal code	1280
Wabsteid	www.malmo.se

Malmö Municipality (Swadish: Malmö kommun or Malmö stad‎) is a municipality in Skåne Coonty in Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Malmö.

When the first Swadish local govrenment acts wur implementit in 1863 the auld Ceety o Malmö wis made ane o the kintra's 88 ceety municipalities an the first ceety cooncil wis electit. The municipal territory haes been augmentit through amalgamations in 1911, 1915, 1931, 1935, 1952, 1967 an feenally in 1971.

In 1971 the ceety wis convertit intaea municipality o unitary type an aw, like aw ithers in Swaden. Malmö Municipality, housomeivver, styles itsel Malmö stad (Ceety o Malmö) in aw cases when it is legally possible. This is a decision taken bi the municipal assembly. It is purely nominal an haes nae effect on the legal status o the municipality.

Urban auries

There are 8 urban auries (cried a tätort or locality) in Malmö Municipality.

In the table the urban auries are leetit accordin tae the size o the population as o December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bauld characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Malmö	258,020
2	Oxie	9,225
3	Bunkeflostrand	6,874
4	Tygelsjö	1,862
5	Kristineberg	1,076
6	Södra Klagshamn	975
7	Vintrie	338
8	Västra Klagstorp	266

A sma pairt o Malmö urban aurie is situatit in Burlöv Municipality.

Ceety destricts

Follaein the 1996 Ceety Destrict Reform (Swadish stadsdelsreformen), Malmö Municipality is dividit intae the follaein 10 ceety destricts (Swadish stadsdel), which manage public kindergartens, schuils, an geriatric care athin their geographical auries, an provide funds for local cultural an recreational activities.

Inhabitants as of January 1, 2006
Oxie	10 846
Limhamn-Bunkeflo	33 737
Rosengård	21 447
Kirseberg	13 869
Husie	18 236
Fosie	39 614
Hyllie	30 711
Södra Innerstaden	32 089
Västra Innerstaden	31 210
Centrum	38 233

Västra hamnen, in the north part of the municipality

Local government

The ceety haw. In the backgrund the spire o Saunt Peter's Kirk.

The municipal legislative body o the municipality is the 61-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), electit by proportional representation for a fower-year term. The assembly appoints the municipality's main govrenin bodies, the 11-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) an the 8 govrenin commissioners. The executive committee an the commissioners are heidit bi the Mayor (kommunstyrelsens ordförande).

The Mayor o the Ceety o Malmö is Mr. Ilmar Reepalu, in office syne 1995, o the Social Democratic Pairty.

Internautional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Swaden

Twin touns — sister ceeties

As o 2011, Malmö haes toun twinnin treaties or treaties o co-operation signed wi 12 ceeties. Of these, cooperation is closest wi Newcastle, Tallinn, the province o Chieti an wi Vaasa.

The complete leet o ceeties is the follaein:

Province o Chieti, Italy, co-operation treaty signed in 2001. Florence, Italy, twin touns syne 1989. Kaliningrad, Roushie, co-operation treaty Newcastle, Unitit Kinrick, co-operation treaty signed in 2003. Port Adelaide, Australie, twin touns syne 1988. Stralsund, Germany, twin touns syne 1991.

Swakopmund, Namibie, twin touns syne 2008. Szczecin, Poland, twin touns syne 1990. Tallinn, Estonie, twin touns syne 1989. Tangshan, Cheenae, twin touns syne 1987. Vaasa, Finland, twin touns since 1940. Varna, Bulgarie, twin touns syne 1987.

See an aw

• Malmö
• Malmö urban aurie
• Greater Malmö

References

• Statistics Swaden