Helsingborg Municipality
Helsingborg Municipality is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth-largest city. The municipality had a population of 147,734 on 1 January 2019 and the metropolitan area has about 320,000 inhabitants.
Between 1912 and 1971 the name of the town was officially spelled Hälsingborg. The spelling was changed back to the older version when the present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the Town of Hälsingborg with four surrounding rural municipalities. Since the 1990s the municipality again styles itself Helsingborgs stad. This usage is only nominal and has no effect on the status of the municipality.
Localities
As of 2018, there were 16 urban areas the municipality.| # | Locality | Population |
| 1 | Helsingborg | 109,869 |
| 2 | Rydebäck | 6,429 |
| 3 | Ödåkra | 5,413 |
| 4 | Hittarp | 4,670 |
| 5 | Påarp | 2,959 |
| 6 | Bårslöv | 2,774 |
| 7 | Mörarp | 1,889 |
| 8 | Gantofta | 1,356 |
| 9 | Vallåkra | 828 |
| 10 | Kattarp | 732 |
| 11 | Allerum | 725 |
| 12 | Domsten | 602 |
| 13 | Hasslarp | 600 |
| 14 | Tånga och Rögle | 230 |
| 15 | Utvälinge | 230 |
| 16 | Fleninge | 208 |
Districts
The administrative division of Helsingborg is divided into 17 districts. They are Allerum, Bårslöv, Filborna, Fjärestad, Fleninge, Frillestad, Helsingborgs Gustav Adolf, Helsingborgs Maria, Hässlunda, Kattarp, Kropp, Kvistofta, Mörarp, Ottarp, Raus, Välinge and Välluv.Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Helsingborg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.In total there were 149,791 residents, including 110,550 Swedish citizens of voting age. 41.5% voted for the left coalition and 56.8% for the right coalition. This made Helsingborg the strongest among large municipalities for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.