| Bjuv Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Bjuvs kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 56.0833°N 67°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | National Area |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Sweden |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Skåne County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Bjuv |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Note: | Area as of . |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Province |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Scania |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1260 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
Bjuv Municipality (sv|Bjuvs kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bjuv.
The amalgamations connected to the 1971 local government reform in Sweden took place in this area in 1974, when "old" Bjuv (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Billesholm and Ekeby.
The municipal arms depicts a mining torch lighting up a dark area. The reason is that Bjuv Municipality has had a coal mining industry since the 18th century. In the end of the 19th century, the clay industry flourished, based on the coal.
There were two localities in the municipality in 2018.[1]
This is a demographic table based on Bjuv Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[2]
In total there were 15,817 residents, including 10,979 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 35.1% voted for the left coalition and 63.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||
| Billesholm 1 | 1,227 | 809 | 35.7 | 62.0 | 74 | 68 | 32 | 21,941 | 23 | ||||||||
| Billesholm 2 | 1,424 | 1,072 | 33.0 | 65.7 | 81 | 76 | 24 | 24,690 | 28 | ||||||||
| Billesholm 3 | 1,508 | 1,005 | 38.5 | 60.1 | 70 | 57 | 43 | 22,569 | 22 | ||||||||
| Bjuv 1 | 1,689 | 1,300 | 33.9 | 65.4 | 78 | 69 | 31 | 24,459 | 25 | ||||||||
| Bjuv 2 | 1,385 | 1,013 | 31.1 | 66.7 | 82 | 68 | 32 | 27,032 | 28 | ||||||||
| Bjuv 3 | 1,480 | 1,042 | 36.4 | 61.9 | 74 | 67 | 33 | 24,213 | 21 | ||||||||
| Bjuv 4 | 1,632 | 1,043 | 41.7 | 55.0 | 66 | 48 | 52 | 19,544 | 20 | ||||||||
| Bjuv 5 | 1,773 | 1,130 | 41.9 | 53.1 | 64 | 43 | 57 | 19,177 | 23 | ||||||||
| Ekeby 1 | 1,137 | 806 | 32.3 | 65.2 | 78 | 77 | 23 | 23,997 | 25 | ||||||||
| Ekeby 2 | 1,262 | 853 | 29.2 | 70.1 | 80 | 76 | 24 | 25,632 | 21 | ||||||||
| Ekeby 3 | 1,300 | 906 | 29.6 | 69.7 | 81 | 82 | 18 | 26,388 | 25 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||
After 2022 election composition of the municipal council was as follows:[3]
| Party | Seats | ± | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden Democrats | 13 | +2 | |||
| bgcolor= | align=left | Social Democratic Party | 10 | -1 | |
| bgcolor= | align=left | Moderate Party | 5 | ||
| bgcolor= | align=left | Centre Party | 1 | ||
| bgcolor= | align=left | Christian Democrats | 1 | ||
| bgcolor= | align=left | Liberals | 1 | ||
| bgcolor= | align=left | Left Party | 1 | ||
| Total | 31 | ||||