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Svalöv is a locality and the seat of Svalöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 3,344 inhabitants in 2005. The castle Knutstorp Borg is situated near the town. Here the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe was born.
The following sports clubs are located in Svalöv:
Skåne County (Skåne län) is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö. The headquarters of Region Skåne is the town of Kristianstad.
The present county was created in 1997 when Kristianstad County and Malmöhus County were merged.
Scania County covers around 3% of Sweden's total area, but its population of 1,250,000 comprises 13% of Sweden's total population.
Sweden (i/ˈswiːdən/ swee-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
Svalöv Municipality (Svalövs kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Svalöv.
The local government reform of 1952 grouped the 15 original entities into six larger municipalities. In two steps, 1969 and 1971 they were amalgamated to form the present municipality.
The most common housing category is one-family houses.
There are local pågatåg trains connecting Teckomatorp, in the south of the municipality, with Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg. To get to the town of Svalöv, one can take a bus (approximately 15 minutes) from Teckomatorp.
The villages Röstånga, Kågeröd, Teckomatorp, Svalöv itself and parts of Söderåsen National Park are located in the municipality. The villages are all connected via local buses.
Knutstorp Castle is situated in the municipality. The famous astronomer Tycho Brahe was born there.
There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Svalöv 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.
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