Västra Innerstaden

Västra Innerstaden
Former city district
Västra Innerstaden's neighbourhoods
Västra Innerstaden's neighbourhoods
CountrySweden
ProvinceScania
CountySkåne County
MunicipalityMalmö Municipality
Area
 • Total
465 ha (1,149 acres)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
33,191
 • Density7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Västra Innerstaden was a city district (Swedish: stadsdel) in the west-central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Södra Innerstaden, forming Innerstaden.[1] In 2012, Västra Innerstaden had a population of 33,191 of the municipality's 307,758.[2] The area was 465 hectares.[3]

Neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods of Västra Innerstaden were:

Demographics

Västra Innerstaden is one of the more homogenous parts of Malmö with the lowest number of people born abroad: 12%, compared to Malmö's average of 29%:[4]

The ten largest groups of foreign-born persons in 2009 were:

  1. Denmark Denmark (524)
  2. Poland Poland (418)
  3. Germany Germany (234)
  4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Former Yugoslavia (212)
  5. Finland Finland (210)
  6. Iran Iran (142)
  7. United States United States (130)
  8. United Kingdom United Kingdom (123)
  9. Hungary Hungary (106)
  10. Norway Norway (101)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Västra Innerstaden.
  1. ^ "Nystart för ett bättre Malmö". Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Befolkningsbokslut Malmö 2012" (PDF). Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). 17 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Blad1 (Areal)". Malmö Municipality (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Mångfald 2009 – Malmö stad". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.