Höganäs Municipality

Höganäs Municipality Höganäs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Höganäs
Area[1]
• Total	676.12 km^2 (261.05 sq mi)
• Land	150.84 km^2 (58.24 sq mi)
• Water	525.28 km^2 (202.81 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
• Total	25,322
• Density	37/km^2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1284
Website	www.hoganas.se

Höganäs Municipality (Höganäs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.

The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.

The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.^[3]

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.

Localities

There are 7 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Höganäs Municipality.

In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Urban area	Population
1	Höganäs	13 370
2	Viken	3 753
3	Nyhamnsläge	1 800
4	Jonstorp	1 771
5	Mölle	725
6	Arild	537
7	Mjöhult	264
8	Ingelsträde	238

In the late 1800s, a few thousand people from Hoganas emigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. John Jeppson, a native of Hoganas, founded Norton Company. Norton remains the world leader in the manufacture of high-performance ceramics, such as abrasive wheels and sandpaper. It is now owned by a French company, Saint-Gobain. The "Norton Spirit" still lives on in a strong commitment to strengthening the community and treating all employees as valuable, regardless of their ethnic background. Swedish immigrants from Hoganas and other nearby villages have made major contributions to the Worcester, MA, a modern education and biotech center.

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
3. C.Michael Hogan, Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Höganäs Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms
• Höganäs Keramik - Höganäs Pottery

Coordinates: 56°12′N 12°34′E / 56.200°N 12.567°E