Staffanstorp
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Staffanstorps gästgivaregård in March 2012
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| Coordinates: 55°38′N 13°12′E / 55.633°N 13.200°ECoordinates: 55°38′N 13°12′E / 55.633°N 13.200°E | ||
| Country | Sweden | |
| Province | Skåne | |
| County | Skåne County | |
| Municipality | Staffanstorp Municipality | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2010) | ||
| • Total | 14,808 | |
| • Density | 2,235/km2 (5,790/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Staffanstorp is a locality and the seat of Staffanstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 14,808 inhabitants in 2010. Staffanstorp is the largest Scanian settlement never to acquire town privileges before 1971, when they were abolished in Sweden.
The town is situated at the center of a large triangular fertile plain, reaching approximately 25 kilometres from the Øresund strait inwards in Scania. The base of the triangle follows the coast, approximately 25 kilometres starting in Malmö in the south. As a village it is mentioned in 14th century sources, but it would remain fairly insignificant in the shadow of more important towns such as Lund, Dalby and Malmö. An inn and the local hundred-jail with two cells were located there in the 19th century.
Staffanstorp expanded in the late 19th century due to railways (1875 and 1892) and a sugar factory (1885), but both ceased operations by the turn of the 21st century.
A second wave of expansion is marked by the construction of a suburb, chiefly for people working in the nearby cities of Lund and Malmö. The distance is approximately 15 minutes by car to the city centers. Some 35-45% of the inhabitants commute to work outside of the municipality. Starting in 1945 with a housing cooperative constructing a trio of three-storey buildings, Staffanstorp evolved from a village with a few industries and the local center in an agrarian district, to a suburb dominated by single-family detached homes. An area of rental apartments, Åkershus, is located in the north of Staffanstorp. The apartments are owned by Staffanstorps Hus and consists of 450 apartments, divided into 25 three-storey houses, built between 1970 and 1973.
The population in 1952 was just slightly above 1,000. Between 1960 and 1975, the population tripled.
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