Skåne County
Skåne County is the southernmost province ( län) of Sweden. It was created in 1997 through the merger of Malmo County and Kristianstad County.
Skåne County includes the Swedish landscape Skåne (Skåne ) and a very small part of the landscape of Halland.
Geography
The territory Skåne läns constitutes 2.5 % of the area of the Swedish territory.
Population
The proportion of the total population of Sweden is 13.1 %.
Communities and places
Communities
Skåne County consists of 33 municipalities (Swedish: kommuner ).
(As of March 31, 2013 )
Biggest Towns
- Malmö ( 258 020 )
- Helsingborg ( 91 468 )
- Lund ( 76,188 )
- Kristianstad ( 33 038 )
- Landskrona ( 28 679 )
- Trelleborg ( 25 643 )
- Ängelholm ( 22,532 )
- Hässleholm ( 17,730 )
- Ystad ( 17,286 )
- Eslöv ( 16,551 )
- Staffanstorp ( 13,623 )
- Höganäs ( 13,550 )
(Population 31 December 2005)
Traffic
The public transport in Skåne County is performed by the company Skånetrafiken.