Höganäs Municipality

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**Höganäs Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Höganäs in Skåne Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Höganäs
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	County	Skåne County
	Province	Skåne
	Area Rank	144 km² 263rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	23,135 x of 290
	Population density	160/km²

Höganäs Municipality is a municipality in south Sweden with its seat in the city Höganäs (pop. 13,400) .

Höganäs received a charter in 1936. The municipality was created with the reform in 1971.

Höganäs is nationally known for its cheramics industry, Höganäs Keramik.

The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, which extreme part is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque víllages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species ^[1].

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.