Hishult

Place in Halland, Sweden
56°25′33″N 13°18′43″E / 56.42583°N 13.31194°E / 56.42583; 13.31194CountrySwedenProvinceHallandCountyHalland CountyMunicipalityLaholm MunicipalityArea • Total0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total332 • Density449/km2 (1,160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Hishult is a locality and a parish situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

The area has been a centre of iron extraction and formed a county, including parts of northern Skåne while it was Danish. The name might be related to the iron extraction as it used to be spelt Isenhult which might mean iron forest.[citation needed]

Today it has a gallery of some reputation.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.


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