Scania

Skåne County, sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost county, or län, of , mostly corresponding to the traditional province of .
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  • Type: Region with 1,430,000 residents
  • Description: county (län) in Sweden
  • Also known as: Scania County”, “Skåne County”, and “Skåne län
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dagstorpssjön and Dagstorp.

Lake
Photo: Manpwp, CC BY 3.0.
is a lake.

Nature reserve
Photo: Manpwp, CC BY 3.0.
is a nature reserve.

Zoo
Photo: Dcastor, Public domain.
is a Swedish zoological park located in , Skåne County. It specializes in animals of the fauna, although orphaned animals from elsewhere in the world are sometimes temporarily housed there until a new home can be found for them. is situated 3 km southeast of Scania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Höör.

is a locality and the seat of , Skåne County, with 7,865 inhabitants in 2010.

Scania

Latitude
55.98333° or 55° 59′ north
Longitude
13.5° or 13° 30′ east
Population
1,430,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
9F7MXGM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2678287
Wiki­data ID
Q103659
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Scania” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: qarku i Skanesë
  • Albanian: Qarku Skåne
  • Arabic: محافظة اسكونه
  • Arabic: مقاطعة اسكونه
  • Aragonese: Condau de Skåne
  • Armenian: Սկոնե
  • Asturian: provincia d’Escania
  • Asturian: Provincia d’Escania
  • Azerbaijani: Skane
  • Azerbaijani: Skone
  • Balinese: County Skåne
  • Basque: Eskaniako konderria
  • Basque: Skåneko konderria
  • Bavarian: Skåne län
  • Belarusian: лен Сконэ
  • Belarusian: лэн Сконэ
  • Belarusian: Сконе
  • Belarusian: Сконэ (лен)
  • Belarusian: Сконэ (лэн)
  • Belarusian: Сконэ
  • Bengali: স্কান কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Kotar Skåne
  • Bosnian: Okrug Skåne
  • Bosnian: Skåne län
  • Bulgarian: провинция Сконе
  • Bulgarian: Сконе
  • Catalan: Comtat d’Escània
  • Catalan: Comtat de Skåne
  • Cebuano: Skåne län
  • Chinese: Skåne Koān
  • Chinese: 斯堪尼省
  • Chinese: 斯科讷省
  • Cornish: Konteth Skåne
  • Corsican: cuntea di a Scania
  • Corsican: cuntea di Scania
  • Corsican: cuntea di Skåne
  • Croatian: Skåne län
  • Croatian: Skane
  • Croatian: Županija Skåne
  • Czech: Skåne
  • Danish: Skåne län
  • Danish: Skåne len
  • Dutch: Skane lan
  • Dutch: Skåne län
  • Dutch: Skåne
  • Esperanto: Kristianstads län
  • Esperanto: Malmöhus län
  • Esperanto: Skåne län
  • Estonian: Skåne lään
  • Faroese: Skåne län
  • Finnish: Skånen lääni
  • Finnish: Skoonen lääni
  • French: Comte de Scanie
  • French: comté de Scanie
  • French: Comté de Scanie
  • French: Comté de Skane
  • French: Comté de Skåne
  • French: Département de Skåne
  • French: Province de Skåne
  • French: Scanie
  • Galician: condado de Escania
  • Galician: Condado de Escania
  • Georgian: სკონე
  • German: Grafschaft Schonen
  • German: Schonen
  • German: Skåne län
  • Greek: Κομητεία Σκάνιας
  • Greek: κομητεία Σκόνε
  • Greek: Κομητεία της Σκώνες
  • Gujarati: સ્કેન કાઉન્ટી
  • Hebrew: מחוז סקונה
  • Hindi: स्केन काउंटी
  • Hindi: स्कॉने लैन
  • Hungarian: Skåne megye
  • Ido: Komtio Skåne
  • Indonesian: County Skåne
  • Indonesian: Daerah Skaane
  • Indonesian: Daerah Skane
  • Indonesian: Daerah Skåne
  • Indonesian: Skaane lan
  • Indonesian: Skane lan
  • Indonesian: Skåne län
  • Indonesian: Skane
  • Indonesian: Skåne
  • Irish: Skåne län
  • Italian: contea della Scania
  • Italian: Contea della Scania
  • Italian: contea di Skåne
  • Italian: Scania
  • Japanese: Skåne län
  • Japanese: スコーネ県
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಕೇನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Korean: 스코네주
  • Kotava: SverigaSkåneWinka
  • Kurdish: Skåne (län)
  • Kurdish: Skåne
  • Ladin: Contea de Skåne
  • Latin: Scaniae Comitatus
  • Latvian: Skones lēne
  • Latvian: Skones lēnis
  • Limburgan: Skåne län
  • Lithuanian: Skåne
  • Lithuanian: Skonė
  • Lithuanian: Skonės lenas
  • Lithuanian: Skonės lėnas
  • Lithuanian: Skonės provincija
  • Lombard: contea de la Scania
  • Lombard: Contea de la Scania
  • Low German: Lehn Schonen
  • Macedonian: Округ Сконе
  • Macedonian: Сконе
  • Malay: Daerah Skåne
  • Maltese: Skåne län
  • Marathi: स्केन काउंटी
  • Mazanderani: یمتلاند اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Skåne Kōan
  • Mingrelian: სკონე (ლენი)
  • Mingrelian: სკონე
  • Northern Frisian: Skåne (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Skåne
  • Northern Sami: Skåne leatna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skåne län
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skåne len
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skåne län
  • Norwegian: Skåne län
  • Occitan (post 1500): Comtat d’Escània
  • Ossetian: Сконе
  • Persian: استان اسکونه
  • Persian: شهرستان اسکونه
  • Polish: Skåne
  • Polish: Skania
  • Portuguese: Condado da Escânia
  • Portuguese: Condado de Skåne
  • Portuguese: Escania
  • Portuguese: Escânia
  • Portuguese: Skane
  • Portuguese: Skåne
  • Portuguese: Terra scania
  • Romanian: comitatul Scania
  • Romanian: Comitatul Scania
  • Romanian: Scanie
  • Romanian: Skane lan
  • Romanian: Skåne län
  • Russian: Лен Сконе
  • Russian: Сконе
  • Rusyn: Край Сконе
  • Scots: Scanie Coonty
  • Scots: Skåne Coonty
  • Scottish Gaelic: Skåne län
  • Serbian: Skåne län
  • Serbian: Skone
  • Serbian: Сканија
  • Serbian: Скански округ
  • Serbian: Сконе
  • Serbian: Сконски округ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skåne
  • Sinhala: ස්කානේ ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovak: Skåne län
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Skåne
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Skanija
  • Slovenian: Skåne län
  • Slovenian: Skånsko okrožje
  • Spanish: Escania
  • Spanish: Provincia de Escania
  • Swahili: Skåne län
  • Swedish: SE-M
  • Swedish: Skåne län
  • Swedish: Skåne
  • Swedish: Skånes län
  • Tamil: ஸ்கேன் கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: స్కేన్ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: เทศมณฑลสกัวเนอ
  • Turkish: Skane ili
  • Turkish: Skåne ili
  • Turkish: Skane lan
  • Turkish: Skåne län
  • Turkish: Skåne, İsveç
  • Turkish: Skåne
  • Ukrainian: лен Сконе
  • Ukrainian: Сконе
  • Urdu: سکونہ کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: Scania
  • Vietnamese: hạt Skåne
  • Vietnamese: Hạt Skåne
  • Vietnamese: Skåne
  • Volapük: Skaniän
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Skåne
  • Welsh: Sir Skåne
  • Western Frisian: Skåne län
  • Wu Chinese: 斯科讷省

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