Hässleholm

Hässleholm is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011.

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Settlement.official_name: Hässleholm, Sweden
Settlement.image_skyline: Hässleholm Center.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Central Hässleholm
Settlement.image_shield: Hässleholm vapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Skåne#Sweden#European Union
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Hässleholm Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Scania County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Scania
Settlement.established_title3: Charter
Settlement.established_date3: 1205
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12.03
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2021
Settlement.population_total: 18,500

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Hässleholm is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011.

==Overview== Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the main Stockholm-to-Malmö railway line. There was no settlement on the spot before the arrival of the railway. The station got its name from a manor situated in the vicinity of a planned railway junction. It gained the city title in 1914 and was then classified as one of Sweden's smallest cities. During the 20th century, it developed into a military hub. After the end of the Cold War, most of the military establishments were disbanded or moved to other locations.

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