Svalöv Municipality ( Svalövs kommun ) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden . Its seat is located in the town Svalöv .
7-421: 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
14-565: 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. This is a demographic table based on Svalöv Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 14,398 residents, including 10,158 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.7% voted for
21-495: 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 along with the Ring Knutstorp race track. The famous astronomer Tycho Brahe was born there. There are 6 urban areas (also called
28-511: A railway station (local pågatåg trains) on the Malmö –Teckomatorp– Helsingborg railway line. Teckomatorp is the site of one of the largest toxic spills in Sweden. The company BT Kemi produced pesticides . During the 1970s, the inhabitants of Teckomatorp started complaining of an acrid odour from the plant that made people ill. It was also said that BT Kemi had buried barrels of toxic waste in
35-449: The authorities finally started to dig, several hundreds of barrels with toxic contents were found. In 1979 the plant was demolished, and in 1980 the southern area around the plant itself was cleaned. Later it was discovered that the northern area of the town was also polluted, and that the southern area remained polluted despite cleanup efforts. In 2009 a project to restore nature was completed: tons of contaminated topsoil were removed, and
42-414: The ground. However, the authorities did nothing for several years, despite efforts of campaigners such as Monica Nilsson , a resident of Teckomatorp, who conducted a signature campaign among the citizens. The government took steps to investigate the issue only after a former employee of BT Kemi told a newspaper that the company was entering forged values within allowed limits into its emission journals. When
49-582: The left coalition and 59.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. This article about a location in Skåne County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Teckomatorp Teckomatorp ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɛ̂kːɔmaˌtɔrp] ) is a locality situated in Svalöv Municipality , Skåne County , Sweden with 1,651 inhabitants in 2010. It has
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