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Scania is the southernmost county, as well as a traditional province, in . It is known for its rich agricultural fields, its old history, long beaches, Danish heritage and a distinguishable accent.
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is 's third largest city with a population of about 352,000, and the capital of the province of Scania on the southern tip of the country. is a port city on the Öresund strait, facing on its other bank, with which it is connected by the Öresund bridge.

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is a university city in Scania, the southern part of . is one of the oldest cities in Sweden and has also played an important part in history.

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is in the Scania province of southern . Historic , with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings.

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is a city, and a municipality in north-eastern Scania, in southern . Formerly a county seat, it is still the dominant settlement of the area. This article covers the northeastern part of Scania.

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is a small but charming city in Scania, or Skåne, part of southern . It is on the south coast of Scania and has good beaches west and east of the town.

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is a city in Scania, with 21,716 inhabitants in 2000.

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is a port city in Skåne, southern . The southernmost city in Sweden, it has a busy harbour with ferries from other Baltic ports arriving.

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is a town in Scania, . Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance.

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is a town and the seat of , , with 19,598 inhabitants as of 2018. is part of the Öresund Region, and the Malmö Metropolitan Area.

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is a locality and the seat of , , with 6,527 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, is, for historical reasons, usually still referred to as a city.

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is a small island which lies in the middle of Öresund Sound, between southern Sweden and . It is best known as the site of the Renaissance-era astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe.

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is a locality and the seat of , Scania County, . Its population was 14,107 in 2010. is nationally known for its ceramics industry, Keramik.

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is a city in north-western Scania, in , and the centre of Municipality. A summer resort, it is famous for its annual tennis tournament.

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is a locality and the seat of , , with 32,341 inhabitants in 2021. In 1996, a train containing large amounts of ammonia derailed and around 9,000 people had to be evacuated from the area.

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is a municipality at the southwestern edge of Scania, containing a peninsula with twin towns Skanör and Falsterbo.

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

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Söderåsen is a ridge in Scania in southern . On Söderåsen can you find Scania’s highest point: 212 m above sea level. It is intersected by several fissure valleys.

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is a locality situated in , , with 715 inhabitants in 2010. It is best known for its scenic harbour and its location adjacent to the Kullaberg Nature Reserve.

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is a part of the Swedish historical province of Skåne. The town is in . It's well known in Sweden for its beautiful scenery and rich cultural life, being the home of a significant number of artists and writers.

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is a peninsula and protruding into the in near the town of in southwest Sweden. The site in the province of Skåne is an area of considerable biodiversity supporting a number of rare species and has been designated as an in Sweden as well as a Special Protection Area.

Scania

Latitude of center
55.9833° or 55° 59′ north
Longitude of center
13.5° or 13° 30′ east
Population
1,420,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Geo­Names ID
3337385
Wiki­data ID
Q180756
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Scania” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Skåne”
  • Afrikaans: “Skone”
  • Albanian: “Qarku Skåne”
  • Albanian: “Skåne”
  • Arabic: “سكانيا”
  • Arabic: “سكونا”
  • Arabic: “محافظة اسكونه”
  • Armenian: “Սկոնե”
  • Asturian: “Escaña”
  • Asturian: “Escania”
  • Asturian: “provincia d’Escania”
  • Azerbaijani: “Scania”
  • Azerbaijani: “Skane”
  • Balinese: “County Skåne”
  • Basque: “Eskania”
  • Basque: “Eskaniako konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Skåne län”
  • Belarusian: “лен Сконэ”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Сконэ”
  • Belarusian: “Сканія”
  • Belarusian: “Сконэ”
  • Belarusian: “Сконэлянд”
  • Bengali: “স্কান কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Kotar Skåne”
  • Bosnian: “Skåne”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Skåne”
  • Breton: “Skåne”
  • Breton: “Skania”
  • Bulgarian: “Сконе”
  • Catalan: “Comtat d’Escània”
  • Catalan: “Escània”
  • Cebuano: “Skåne län”
  • Chinese: “Skåne”
  • Chinese: “士干尼”
  • Chinese: “斯堪尼亞地區”
  • Chinese: “斯科訥”
  • Chinese: “斯科讷”
  • Chinese: “斯科讷地区”
  • Chinese: “斯科讷省”
  • Chuvash: “Сконе ленĕ”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Skåne”
  • Corsican: “cuntea di a Scania”
  • Croatian: “Skåne”
  • Croatian: “Županija Skåne”
  • Czech: “Skåne län”
  • Czech: “Skåne”
  • Danish: “Skaane”
  • Danish: “Skåne län”
  • Danish: “Skåne”
  • Dutch: “Scania”
  • Dutch: “Schonen”
  • Dutch: “Skåne län”
  • Dutch: “Skane”
  • Dutch: “Skåne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سكونيه”
  • Esperanto: “Scania”
  • Esperanto: “Skåne län”
  • Esperanto: “Skåne”
  • Esperanto: “Skanio”
  • Estonian: “Skåne lään”
  • Estonian: “Skåne maakond”
  • Faroese: “Skåne län”
  • Finnish: “Skåne”
  • Finnish: “Skoone”
  • French: “Comté de Skåne”
  • French: “Scania”
  • French: “Scanie”
  • French: “Skane”
  • French: “Skåne”
  • Galician: “condado de Escania”
  • Galician: “Escania”
  • Georgian: “სკონე”
  • Georgian: “სკონეს პროვინცია”
  • German: “Scania”
  • German: “Schonen”
  • German: “Skåne län”
  • German: “Skane”
  • German: “Skåne”
  • Gothic: “Skanja”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰/Skanja”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌾𐌰”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σκόνε”
  • Greek: “Σκάνια”
  • Gujarati: “સ્કેન કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סקונה”
  • Hebrew: “סקונה”
  • Hindi: “स्कैनिया”
  • Hindi: “स्कॉने लैन”
  • Hungarian: “Scania”
  • Hungarian: “Skåne megye”
  • Hungarian: “Skåne tartomány”
  • Icelandic: “Skánn”
  • Ido: “Komtio Skåne”
  • Indonesian: “County Skåne”
  • Indonesian: “Skania”
  • Italian: “contea della Scania”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Scania”
  • Italian: “Scania”
  • Italian: “Skåne”
  • Italian: “Storia della Scania”
  • Japanese: “Skåne”
  • Japanese: “スコーネ地方”
  • Japanese: “スコーネ県”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕೇನ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Korean: “스코네”
  • Korean: “스코네주”
  • Kotava: “SverigaSkåneWinka”
  • Kurdish: “Skåne”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Skåne”
  • Latin: “Scania”
  • Latin: “Scaniae Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Skones lēne”
  • Limburgan: “Skåne län”
  • Lithuanian: “Skanija”
  • Lithuanian: “Skonės lėnas”
  • Lombard: “contea de la Scania”
  • Low German: “Lehn Schonen”
  • Macedonian: “Сканија”
  • Macedonian: “Сконе”
  • Malay: “Daerah Skåne”
  • Marathi: “स्केन काउंटी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skåne Kōan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skåne”
  • Mingrelian: “სკონე”
  • Mingrelian: “სკონეშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Skåne”
  • Northern Sami: “Skåne leatna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herrevad Kloster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skåne län”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skåne”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skåning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skåne län”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skåne”
  • Norwegian: “Skåne”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat d’Escània”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Escània”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scōnīeg”
  • Ossetian: “Сконе”
  • Persian: “استان اسکانیا”
  • Persian: “استان اسکونه”
  • Persian: “اسکونه”
  • Polish: “Skania”
  • Portuguese: “Escânea”
  • Portuguese: “Escânia”
  • Portuguese: “Província histórica da Escânia”
  • Portuguese: “Scania”
  • Portuguese: “Skåne”
  • Pushto: “اسکونه”
  • Romanian: “Scania”
  • Romanian: “Skåne län”
  • Romanian: “Skane”
  • Romanian: “Skåne”
  • Russian: “Сконе”
  • Rusyn: “Край Сконе”
  • Samogitian: “Skuonė”
  • Scots: “Scanie Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Skåne län”
  • Serbian: “Skåne”
  • Serbian: “Skanija”
  • Serbian: “Сканија”
  • Serbian: “Сконе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skåne”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skanija”
  • Sinhala: “ස්කානේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Skåne”
  • Slovenian: “Skåne län”
  • Slovenian: “Skane”
  • Slovenian: “Skåne”
  • Slovenian: “Skanija”
  • Spanish: “Escania”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Escania”
  • Spanish: “Scania”
  • Spanish: “Skane”
  • Spanish: “Skåne”
  • Swahili: “Skåne län”
  • Swedish: “Skåne län”
  • Swedish: “Skåne”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்கேன் கவுண்டி”
  • Telugu: “స్కేన్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลสกัวเนอ”
  • Thai: “สกอเนอ”
  • Thai: “สกัวเนอ”
  • Thai: “สกานิอา”
  • Turkish: “Scania ili”
  • Turkish: “Skåne ili”
  • Turkish: “Skåne”
  • Ukrainian: “лен Сконе”
  • Ukrainian: “Сканія”
  • Ukrainian: “Сконе”
  • Urdu: “اسکانیا”
  • Urdu: “سکونہ کاؤنٹی”
  • Urdu: “سکونہ”
  • Venetian: “Scania”
  • Vietnamese: “hạt Skåne”
  • Vietnamese: “Scania”
  • Vietnamese: “Skåne”
  • Volapük: “Skaniän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Skåne”
  • Welsh: “Sir Skåne”
  • Welsh: “Skane”
  • Welsh: “Skåne”
  • Western Frisian: “Skåne län”
  • Western Frisian: “Skåne”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکان”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯科讷”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯科讷省”
  • Yue Chinese: “士干地區”
  • “Skuonė”

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