Kristianstad

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Kristianstad Kristianstads kommun
Kristianstad
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Coordinates: 56°01′46″N 14°09′24″E / 56.02944°N 14.15667°E / 56.02944; 14.15667
Country	Sweden
Province	Scania
County	Skåne
Municipality	Kristianstad Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	21.4 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2016)[1]
• Total	40,145
• Density	1,876/km2 (4,860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.kristianstad.se (in Swedish)

Kristianstad (UK: /ˈkrɪstʃənstɑːd/,^[2] Swedish: [krɪˈɧansta] ^ⓘ[3]) is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016.^[1] During the last 15 years,^[when?] it has gone from a garrison town to a developed commercial city, today attracting visitors in the summertime mainly from Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands.^{[citation needed]}