Falsterbo

The Falsterbo Peninsula is the name of the southwesternmost tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula, on the southern entrance to The Sound between Scania and Zealand, about 25 kilometres south of the city of Malmö. The Falsterbo Peninsula marks the border between the Baltic Sea and The Sound (Öresund).

The Falsterbo Canal is a waterway at the base of the Falsterbo Peninsula that shortens the route between The Sound and most Baltic destinations.

Falsterbo is a small city in Scania, belonging to Vellinge Municipality in Skåne County, in southernmost Sweden. Falsterbo forms a conurbation with Skanör, with a joint population of 7,087 (as of 2000), that during the 20th century increasingly has become an affluent suburb for people working in Malmö–Lund or beyond, but also a site popular among people who have retired from positions abroad or in the capital. The population of Falsterbo proper was 2,300 (as of 1996).

Falsterbo and Skanör are located in the elongated reef-like western part of the peninsula, Falsterbo to the South and Skanör to the North.

Skanör and Falsterbo are often denoted as cities due to historical reasons. The town of Falsterbo can definitely be said to have existed in the early 13th century when the city, together with its close neighbour Skanör hosted the annual Scania Market (Skånemarknaden). As the market was dismantled during the 16th century the two cities lost their former importance, but retained the town privileges however with joint administration. Thus Falsterbo and Skanör remained small fishing towns until the rail line from Malmö–Vellinge was built in 1904. Along the railroad, new residential areas grew up.

See also: Falsterbo, 1904, As of 1996, As of 2000, Baltic Sea, City, City in Scania, Conurbation, Lund, Malmö