Official Name: | Åkarp |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Skåne#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Burlöv Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Skåne County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Skåne |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.32 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 5,617 |
Population Density Km2: | 2418 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 55.65°N 20°W |
Åkarp is a locality situated in Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 5,617 inhabitants in 2010.
It is situated approximately 8 km northeast of Malmö and 13 km southwest of Lund. It has a railway station where the Skåne commuter rail network stops.
In 1120 the village was known as Acathorp, from the two words Aki (an Old Danish man's name) and torp. Around the 15th century the name changed to Ågarp, and during the 16th century the name changed to Ågerup. The first record of the name Åkarp is from the year 1770.
Composer Lars-Erik Larsson was born in Åkarp in 1908.