Kristianstad Municipality (Kristianstads kommun) is a
municipality in
Skåne County in southernmost
Sweden. Its seat is located in the city
Kristianstad.The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nation-wide local government reform, and it has the largest area of the municipalities of Skåne County. In
1967 a number of rural municpalities were merged into the City of Kristianstad. In
1971 more former units were added and the city became a unitary municpality. Finally in
1974, the last amalgamations took place, and the municipality reached its present size. The number of original entities is 35.
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