An urban area or tätort (lit.'dense locality') in Sweden has a minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be a city, town or larger village.[1] It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any municipal or county boundaries.[2][3] Larger urban areas synonymous with cities or towns (Swedish: stad for both terms) for statistical purposes have a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants.[4] The same statistical definition is also used for urban areas in the other Nordic countries.
In 2018, there were nearly two thousand urban areas in Sweden, which were inhabited by 87% of the Swedish population.[5]
Until the beginning of the 20th century, only the towns/cities were regarded as urban areas. The built-up area and the municipal entity were normally almost congruent. Urbanization and industrialization created, however, many new settlements without formal city status. New suburbs grew up just outside city limits, being de facto urban but de jure rural. This created a statistical problem. The census of 1910 introduced the concept of "densely populated localities in the countryside". The term tätort (literally "dense place") was introduced in 1930. The municipal amalgamations placed more and more rural areas within city municipalities, which was the other side of the same problem. The administrative boundaries were in fact not suitable for defining rural and urban populations. From 1950 rural and urban areas had to be separated even within city limits, as, e.g., the huge wilderness around Kiruna had been declared a "city" in 1948. From 1965 only "non-administrative localities" are counted, independently of municipal and county borders. In 1971 "city" was abolished as a type of municipality.
Terminologyedit
Map of Sweden showing all urban areas (cities and towns) with a population of more than 20,000 (Mora is not correct; Varberg and Falkenberg missing).
Urban areas in the meaning of tätort are defined independently on the division into counties and municipalities, and are defined solely according to population density. In practice, most references in Sweden are to municipalities, not specifically to towns or cities, which complicates international comparisons. Most municipalities contain many localities (up to 26 in Kristianstad Municipality), but some localities are, on the other hand, multimunicipal. Stockholm urban area is spread over 11 municipalities.
When comparing the population of different cities, the urban area (tätort) population is to prefer ahead of the population of the municipality. The population of, e.g., Stockholm should be accounted as about 1.2 million rather than the approximately 800,000 of the municipality, and Lund rather about 75,000 than about 110,000.
Tätort (English: urban area, or locality) is the central concept used in statistics. The definition is agreed upon in the Nordic countries:[2] An urban area is any village, town or city with a population of at least 200, for which the contiguous built-up area meet the criterion that houses are not more than 200 meters apart when discounting rivers, parks, roads, etc.[1] – without regard to the ward, municipal or county boundaries.[2] Delimitation of localities are made by Statistics Sweden every three years starting 2015 on a trial basis, previously they were made every five years.[4]
Småort (English: smaller locality) is a rural locality with 50–199 inhabitants in a contiguous built-up area with no more than 150 meters between houses. The concept is rarely used outside the field of statistics, where it is used for settlements just below the limit defined for tätort.[6]
Centralort (English: central locality) is mostly used in the meaning municipal seat or municipal center of service, commerce and administration for an area.
Stad (English: town or city) is the term avoided by Statistics Sweden, however, it roughly corresponds to urban areas with a population greater than 10,000.[4] Judicially, the term stad has been obsolete since 1971, and is now mostly used describing localities which used to be chartered towns. The statistical category "large town" used by Statistics Sweden include municipalities with more than 90,000 inhabitants within a 30 km radius from the municipality centre.[8] There is also a category medelstor stad "middle large town".
Köping (English: market town) was also abolished as an official term in 1971 in governmental and statistical contexts, and is only rarely kept in use by laymen, although it has survived as part of the names of several smaller towns. The meaning was a locality with an intermediary legal status below that of a town.
Municipalsamhälle (English: municipal community) was a term in use between 1875 and 1971, but it is no longer used outside of historical contexts. In 1863, Sweden was divided into 2,500 municipalities, whereof 89 were towns, 8 were market towns (köpingar) and the rest rural municipalities ("landskommuner"). A "municipalsamhälle" was an administrative centre for one or several rural municipalities, with special regulations and privileges in common with towns. The term became obsolete in 1971 when the different types of municipalities were abandoned and a standard form for all municipalities was introduced.
Samhälle (English: community) is a common concept used by for urban areas that are intermediary in size between a town and a village. The term "samhälle" is also used in Swedish to denote "society", "community" or "state". (Compare: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.) A samhälle does not necessarily meet the criteria for the current tätort – or even småort concept.
By (English: village and hamlet) is a traditional term but may in colloquial use refer to a suburb or town of considerable size. If at all used in the context of statistics, it must be assumed that the size of a by is smaller than that of a småort. (NB! Not to be confused with the same word in Danish and Norwegian, where it means town, while a village is called landsby.)
Seasonal areas and suburbsedit
Fritidshusområde (English: seasonal area) is in statistical context an area with less than 50 permanent inhabitants but at least 50 houses (in practice: weekend cottages/summer houses) meeting the criterion that they are not more than 150 metres apart. About a third of Sweden's "second homes" are located in such areas. The term belongs also to everyday usage, although less strictly defined.
Förstad and förort (English: suburb) are much used terms with a somewhat negative connotation.
Before 2015 delimitation of localities were made by Statistics Sweden every five years, since then it is trialling a three-year update period.[4] The number of urban areas in Sweden increased by 56 to 1,956 in 2010. A total of 8,016,000 – 85 per cent – of the Swedish population lived in an urban area; occupying only 1,3 per cent of Sweden's total land area, and the most populous urban area is Stockholm at 1,4 million people.[3][9]
^ abc"Nationalencyklopedin - Tätort". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 21 July 2014. Translation: 'a for the Nordic countries shared statistical definition of built-up area with at least 200 residents, not more than 200 m between each other (without regard to the ward, municipal or county boundaries)'
^ ab"Fortsatt stor ökning av befolkning i tätorter". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014. Definitionen av en tätort är i korthet att den skall bestå av sammanhängande bebyggelse med högst 200 meter mellan husen och ha minst 200 invånare. Ingen hänsyn tas till kommun- eller länsgränser
^Statistics Sweden. Population in the metropolitan areas on Dec. 31, 2002 and 2003, SCB Befolkningsstatistik del 1-2, 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
^Statistics Sweden.Press release 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Household budget survey (HBS), 2006-06-01 Nr 2006:079A. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
^"Stor andel unga i mindre tätorter". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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An urban area or tatort lit dense locality in Sweden has a minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be a city town or larger village 1 It is a purely statistical concept not defined by any municipal or county boundaries 2 3 Larger urban areas synonymous with cities or towns Swedish stad for both terms for statistical purposes have a minimum of 10 000 inhabitants 4 The same statistical definition is also used for urban areas in the other Nordic countries In 2018 there were nearly two thousand urban areas in Sweden which were inhabited by 87 of the Swedish population 5 Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tatort The official term in English used by Statistics Sweden is however locality Swedish ort It could be compared with census designated places in the United States Contents 1 History 2 Terminology 3 Swedish definitions 3 1 Terms used for statistical purposes 3 2 Popular and traditional terms 3 3 Seasonal areas and suburbs 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editUntil the beginning of the 20th century only the towns cities were regarded as urban areas The built up area and the municipal entity were normally almost congruent Urbanization and industrialization created however many new settlements without formal city status New suburbs grew up just outside city limits being de facto urban but de jure rural This created a statistical problem The census of 1910 introduced the concept of densely populated localities in the countryside The term tatort literally dense place was introduced in 1930 The municipal amalgamations placed more and more rural areas within city municipalities which was the other side of the same problem The administrative boundaries were in fact not suitable for defining rural and urban populations From 1950 rural and urban areas had to be separated even within city limits as e g the huge wilderness around Kiruna had been declared a city in 1948 From 1965 only non administrative localities are counted independently of municipal and county borders In 1971 city was abolished as a type of municipality Terminology edit nbsp Map of Sweden showing all urban areas cities and towns with a population of more than 20 000 Mora is not correct Varberg and Falkenberg missing Urban areas in the meaning of tatort are defined independently on the division into counties and municipalities and are defined solely according to population density In practice most references in Sweden are to municipalities not specifically to towns or cities which complicates international comparisons Most municipalities contain many localities up to 26 in Kristianstad Municipality but some localities are on the other hand multimunicipal Stockholm urban area is spread over 11 municipalities When comparing the population of different cities the urban area tatort population is to prefer ahead of the population of the municipality The population of e g Stockholm should be accounted as about 1 2 million rather than the approximately 800 000 of the municipality and Lund rather about 75 000 than about 110 000 Swedish definitions editTerms used for statistical purposes edit See also List of urban areas in Sweden Tatort English urban area or locality is the central concept used in statistics The definition is agreed upon in the Nordic countries 2 An urban area is any village town or city with a population of at least 200 for which the contiguous built up area meet the criterion that houses are not more than 200 meters apart when discounting rivers parks roads etc 1 without regard to the ward municipal or county boundaries 2 Delimitation of localities are made by Statistics Sweden every three years starting 2015 on a trial basis previously they were made every five years 4 Smaort English smaller locality is a rural locality with 50 199 inhabitants in a contiguous built up area with no more than 150 meters between houses The concept is rarely used outside the field of statistics where it is used for settlements just below the limit defined for tatort 6 Centralort English central locality is mostly used in the meaning municipal seat or municipal center of service commerce and administration for an area Popular and traditional terms edit See also List of metropolitan areas in Sweden Municipalities of Sweden Koping and Stad Sweden Storstad English metropolitan area literally large city is a term usually reserved for Sweden s three largest cities Stockholm Gothenburg and Malmo Statistics Sweden uses the term metropolitan area Swedish storstadsomrade for these three cities and their immediate surroundings and municipalities 7 Stad English town or city is the term avoided by Statistics Sweden however it roughly corresponds to urban areas with a population greater than 10 000 4 Judicially the term stad has been obsolete since 1971 and is now mostly used describing localities which used to be chartered towns The statistical category large town used by Statistics Sweden include municipalities with more than 90 000 inhabitants within a 30 km radius from the municipality centre 8 There is also a category medelstor stad middle large town Koping English market town was also abolished as an official term in 1971 in governmental and statistical contexts and is only rarely kept in use by laymen although it has survived as part of the names of several smaller towns The meaning was a locality with an intermediary legal status below that of a town Municipalsamhalle English municipal community was a term in use between 1875 and 1971 but it is no longer used outside of historical contexts In 1863 Sweden was divided into 2 500 municipalities whereof 89 were towns 8 were market towns kopingar and the rest rural municipalities landskommuner A municipalsamhalle was an administrative centre for one or several rural municipalities with special regulations and privileges in common with towns The term became obsolete in 1971 when the different types of municipalities were abandoned and a standard form for all municipalities was introduced Samhalle English community is a common concept used by for urban areas that are intermediary in size between a town and a village The term samhalle is also used in Swedish to denote society community or state Compare Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft A samhalle does not necessarily meet the criteria for the current tatort or even smaort concept By English village and hamlet is a traditional term but may in colloquial use refer to a suburb or town of considerable size If at all used in the context of statistics it must be assumed that the size of a by is smaller than that of a smaort NB Not to be confused with the same word in Danish and Norwegian where it means town while a village is called landsby Seasonal areas and suburbs edit Fritidshusomrade English seasonal area is in statistical context an area with less than 50 permanent inhabitants but at least 50 houses in practice weekend cottages summer houses meeting the criterion that they are not more than 150 metres apart About a third of Sweden s second homes are located in such areas The term belongs also to everyday usage although less strictly defined Forstad and forort English suburb are much used terms with a somewhat negative connotation Statistics editSee also Geography of Sweden Before 2015 delimitation of localities were made by Statistics Sweden every five years since then it is trialling a three year update period 4 The number of urban areas in Sweden increased by 56 to 1 956 in 2010 A total of 8 016 000 85 per cent of the Swedish population lived in an urban area occupying only 1 3 per cent of Sweden s total land area and the most populous urban area is Stockholm at 1 4 million people 3 9 See also editUrban areas in the Nordic countries List of urban areas in the Nordic countries List of cities in Sweden List of metropolitan areas in Sweden List of municipalities of Sweden List of urban areas in Sweden Largest urban areas of the European Union Geography of SwedenReferences edit a b Localities and urban areas Statistics Sweden Retrieved 2019 07 23 a b c Nationalencyklopedin Tatort Nationalencyklopedin Retrieved 21 July 2014 Translation a for the Nordic countries shared statistical definition of built up area with at least 200 residents not more than 200 m between each other without regard to the ward municipal or county boundaries a b Fortsatt stor okning av befolkning i tatorter Statistics Sweden Retrieved 21 July 2014 Definitionen av en tatort ar i korthet att den skall besta av sammanhangande bebyggelse med hogst 200 meter mellan husen och ha minst 200 invanare Ingen hansyn tas till kommun eller lansgranser a b c d Localities 2015 PDF in Swedish Statistics Sweden 2016 10 25 Roughly 87 percent of the population lives in localities and urban areas Statistics Sweden 2019 03 28 Smaller localities Statistics Sweden Retrieved 2019 07 23 Statistics Sweden Population in the metropolitan areas on Dec 31 2002 and 2003 SCB Befolkningsstatistik del 1 2 2003 Retrieved 2 December 2007 Statistics Sweden Press release Archived 2011 06 12 at the Wayback Machine Household budget survey HBS 2006 06 01 Nr 2006 079A Retrieved 2 December 2007 Stor andel unga i mindre tatorter Statistics Sweden Retrieved 21 July 2014 External links editStatistics Sweden Swedish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Urban areas in Sweden amp oldid 1172973734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
