Hishult
Hishult is a locality and a parish situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Hishult | |
|---|---|
  Hishult  Hishult | |
| Coordinates: 56°25′33″N 13°18′43″E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Halland |
| County | Halland County |
| Municipality | Laholm Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 332 |
| • Density | 449/km2 (1,160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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.
Today it has a gallery of some reputation.
References
- "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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