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Klippan Municipality
Klippans kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Klippan Municipality
Coat of arms
Klippan Municipality in Scania County.png
Country Sweden
County Skåne County
Seat Klippan
Area
 • Total 379.41 km2 (146.49 sq mi)
 • Land 374.32 km2 (144.53 sq mi)
 • Water 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2017)
 • Total 17,352
 • Density 46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1276
Website www.klippan.se

Klippan Municipality (Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.

The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with the rural municipality of Riseberga and part of Östra Ljungby.

Söderåsen National Park is partly situated within the municipality.

There are 6 localities (or built-up areas) in Klippan Municipality.

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

The Church of St. Peter, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, was completed in 1966.

Coordinates: 56°08′N 13°08′E / 56.133°N 13.133°E / 56.133; 13.133


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