Arlöv is the seat of Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It is statistically not defined as a locality of its own, but forms part of the contiguous Malmö urban area, 5 km northeast of downtown Malmö. Out of Malmö's 280,000 inhbitants, 9,108 live in Arlöv. However, in the 1950s, a public vote took place, deciding once and for all that Burlöv municipality would never be a part of Malmö.
Arlöv is a traditional mainroad junction where the road...
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Arlöv is the seat of Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It is statistically not defined as a locality of its own, but forms part of the contiguous Malmö urban area, 5 km northeast of downtown Malmö. Out of Malmö's 280,000 inhbitants, 9,108 live in Arlöv. However, in the 1950s, a public vote took place, deciding once and for all that Burlöv municipality would never be a part of Malmö.
Arlöv is a traditional mainroad junction where the roads from Malmö to Lund-Helsingborg (now E6 & E22) and to Dalby-Simrishamn (road 11) forked after passing the Sege å stream. Today the Malmö Outer Ringroad (E20), ending at the Öresund Bridge, cuts Arlöv off from the rest of the municipality. Arlöv was also initially the station where the railroads to Lund-Stockholm (1856-64) and Åstorp-Gothenburg (1886-88) forked, although the traffic on the latter was re-routed via Lund in 1948.
Arlöv is known for its sugar-industry, Sockerbolaget AB (owned by the Danish company Danisco). The town is the home...
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