Kristianstad Municipality

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Kristianstad Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad.The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In 1967 a number of rural municipalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In 1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municipality. Finally in 1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities is 35.Its size of makes it the largest municipality in Skåne County by area.LocalitiesThere are 26 urban areas (also called tätort or locality) in Kristianstad Municipality.In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.International relationsTwin towns — Sister citiesThe municipality is twinned with: Espoo, Finland Kongsberg, Norway Koszalin, Poland Køge Municipality, Denmark Rendsburg, Germany Šiauliai, Lithuania Skagafjörður, Iceland