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Simrishamn Municipality

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**Simrishamn Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Sweden with the province Skåne (Scania) highlighted Simrishamn municipality and seat in Scania See also:Municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Seat	Simrishamn
	County	Skåne County
	Province	Scania
	Area Rank	394 km² 203rd of 290
	Population Rank	19,470 (2005) 122nd of 290
	Density	50/km²

Simrishamn is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 393.4 km². Of the total population of 19303, 9457 are male, and 9846 are female. The population density of the community is 49 inhabitants per km².

One of the picturesque small villages in Simrishamn municipality is Kivik, some 15 km north of the Simrishamn village. Kivik is famous for its Market (Kiviks Marknad) which takes place on the third Wednesday in July. This market, with a medieval history, is one of the three main traditional markets in Skåne (Sjöbo and Hörby being the others) and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.