Hishult

Hishult
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Coordinates: 56°25′33″N 13°18′43″E / 56.42583°N 13.31194°E / 56.42583; 13.31194Coordinates: 56°25′33″N 13°18′43″E / 56.42583°N 13.31194°E / 56.42583; 13.31194
Country	Sweden
Province	Halland
County	Halland County
Municipality	Laholm Municipality
Area
• Total	0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	332
• Density	449/km2 (1,160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Hishult is a locality and a parish situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2010.

The area has been a centre of iron extraction and formed a county, including parts of northern Skåne while it was Danish. The name might be related to the iron extraction as it used to be spelt Isenhult which might mean iron forest.

Today it has a gallery of some reputation.

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