Greater Malmö

Greater Malmö ( _sv. Stor-Malmö) is the metropolitan area that includes Malmö, Sweden, and much of its surroundings. The area encompasses the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region.

According to the definition as used by Statistics Sweden and Øresund Statistics, "Greater Malmö" is divided into four areas, one each for the municipalities of Malmö, Lund, and Trelleborg, and a fourth area comprising the remaining municipalities:

# Malmö Municipality
# Lund Municipality
# Trelleborg Municipality
# remaining municipalities:
#* Burlöv Municipality
#* Eslöv Municipality
#* Höör Municipality
#* Kävlinge Municipality
#* Lomma Municipality
#* Skurup Municipality
#* Staffanstorp Municipality
#* Svedala Municipality
#* Vellinge Municipality The metropolitan area surrounding the cities of Malmö and Lund in the southern-most part of Sweden are usually denoted as South-Western Scania "(Sydvästra Skåne)," or more seldom Metropolitan Malmö.

Lund, that today is the smaller city, was historically the most important in Scania, with the Lund Cathedral (and Cathedral School) from the 11th century and the Lund University established in the 17th century. Today the city of Malmö is the largest due to its strong growth during the period of industrialization from the 19th century.

Clustered along the shore of The Sound, from the medieval town of Skanör in the South to Bjärred in the North, a set of villages and towns have in the latter half of the 20th century expanded to an almost continuous set of suburbs. The commuter belt in the inland consists of more separate towns and expanded villages.

Since the 1970s, improved highways and commuter train connections have meant that commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg. It's not uncommon to live by Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa. Mentally, however, these towns have kept their allegiance with older divisions of Scania. Inhabitants of Eslöv and Höör consider themselves to live in Central Scania, like Landskrona still is grouped together with Helsingborg rather than Malmö–Lund.

tatistics

In 2006 the municipalities of Eslöv, Höör and Skurup were added into the Greater Malmö area.1/ km²
2/ Population per km²