Båstad Municipality

Båstad Municipality Båstads kommun
Municipality
Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Coonty	Skåne Coonty
Seat	Båstad
Area
• Total	881.9 km2 (340.5 sq mi)
• Laund	209.79 km2 (81.00 sq mi)
• Water	672.11 km2 (259.50 sq mi)
	Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	15,636
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scanie an Halland
Municipal code	1278
Website	www.bastad.se

Båstad Municipality (Båstads kommun) is a municipality in Skåne Coonty in soothren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Båstad.

The present municipality wis established in 1971 when the mercat toun (köping) Båstad wis amalgamatit wi the surroondin rural municipalities. Ane parish wis transferred frae Halland Coonty.

Localities

Thare are 6 localities in Båstad Municipality.

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

#	Locality	Population
1	Båstad	4,793
2	Förslöv	1,998
3	Torekov	883
4	Grevie	769
5	Östra Karup	563
6	Västra Karup	556

Hallandian ridge

Extendin throu the municipality, markin the mairch tae the province Halland, is the rig o Hallandia, or Hallandsåsen. It is ane o the heichest pynts in the itherwise flat-terrained Scanie, wi a hicht o 226 meters.

The rig reached the public ee in 1997, when a tunnel bein dug throu the rig caused fishes in the streams tae dee an cous grazin on the rig tae acome paralyzit. The raison wis a substance containin the pushionous substance acrylamide uised bi the diggin company tae coonteract a surprisin heich level o grundwatter in the rig.

References

• Article Båstad frae Nordisk Familjebok (in Swadish anerlie)
• Statistics Sweden

Freemit airtins

• Båstad Municipality - Offeecial steid
• Båstad Tourism Archived 2004-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Coat o airms Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine