Helsingborg
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Helsingborg (Swadish pronunciation: [hɛlsiŋˈbɔrj], Dens: [helse̝ŋˈpɒˀ]) is a ceety an the seat o Helsingborg Municipality, Scanie Coonty, Swaden. It haed 97,122 indwallers in 2010.[1] Helsingborg is the centre o an aurie in the Øresund region o aboot 320,000 indwallers in north-wast Scanie, an is Swaden's closest pynt tae Denmark, wi the Dens ceety Helsingør clearly visible on the ither side o the Øresund aboot 4 km tae the wast.
Helsingborg | |
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Coordinates: 56°03′N 12°43′E | |
Kintra | Swaden |
Province | Scanie |
Coonty | Skåne Coonty |
Municipality | Helsingborg Municipality |
Chairter | 1085 |
Area | |
• Total | 38.41 km2 (14.83 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 97,122 |
• Density | 2529/km2 (6,550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www.helsingborg.se |
Atween 1912 an 1971 the name o the toun wis offeecially spelled Hälsingborg (rather lik Hälsingland but unlik Helsingør an Helsingfors (Helsinki)).
Historic Helsingborg, wi its mony auld biggins, is a scenic coastal ceety. The biggins are a blend o auld-style stane-biggit kirks an a medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the ceety centre, which haes stuid guard in Helsingborg for ower 600 years, an mair modren commercial biggins. The streets vary frae wide avenues tae sma alley-wis. Kullagatan, the main pedestrian shoppin street in the ceety, wis the first pedestrian shoppin street in Swaden.