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Helsingborg Sweden map
Map of Helsingborg Sweden. Helsingborg Sweden map (Northern Europe - Europe) to print. Helsingborg Sweden map (Northern Europe - Europe) to download. Helsingborg (Swedish pronunciation: [hɛlsiŋˈbɔrj]) is a town and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It had 97,122 inhabitants in 2010. Helsingborg is the centre of an area in the Øresund region of about 320,000 inhabitants in north-west Scania, and is Sweden closest point to Denmark, with the Danish city Helsingør clearly visible on the other side of the Øresund about 4 km to the west as its shown in Helsingborg Sweden map. Between 1912 and 1971 the name of the town was officially spelled Hälsingborg (rather like Hälsingland but unlike Helsingør and Helsingfors (Helsinki)). The City of Helsingborg is subdivided into 32 districts.
Helsingborg, formerly Hälsingborg, city and seaport, Skåne län (county), southern Sweden. Situated at the narrowest part of The Sound (Öresund), opposite the Danish town of Helsingør (Elsinore), it is the most convenient place for motor traffic to cross to and from the European continent. Because of its situation, Helsingborg is known as “the Pearl of The Sound.” Helsingborg is a leading shipping centre and a major manufacturing town. Shipbuilding is also important. There is ferry service to Helsingør, and railways run to Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. Pop. (2005 est.) mun., 122,062 as its mentioned in Helsingborg Sweden map.