Höganäs Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Höganäs kommun


county=Skåne County
province=Scania
capital=Höganäs


arearank=267th
area=144.53
arealand=144.29
populationrank=103rd
population=23,857
densityrank=31st
populationdensity=165.3
website=http://www.hoganas.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

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 beeen 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 víllages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species. [ [http://www.luminatechnologies.org/luminawws.html C.Michael Hogan, "Kullaberg Nature Reserve", Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004] ]

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.

In the late 1900s, a few thousand people Fact|date=September 2008 from Hoganas emigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. John Jeppson, a native of Hoganas, had founded Norton Company. Norton became a world leader in the manufacture of high-performace ceramics. It is now owned by Saint-Gobain, but the "Norton Spirit" still lives in the diverse workforce. Swedish immigrants from Hoganas have made major contributions to the Worcester area.

References

* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

* [http://www.hoganas.se/ Höganäs Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/h/hoganas.htm Coat of arms]
* [http://www.hoganaskeramik.se/ Höganäs Keramik] - "Höganäs Pottery"