Official Name: | Torup |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Halland#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Hylte Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Halland County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Halland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.63 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 1,183 |
Population Density Km2: | 726 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 56.9578°N 13.0809°W |
Torup (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈtǔːrɵp/)[2] is a locality situated in Hylte Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 1,183 inhabitants in 2010.
Torup has a transitional oceanic climate with considerable moderate continental attributes. It is consistently the rainiest location in the country of the official 100 reference weather stations used by SMHI for its monthly reports. Considering its southerly latitude in the country, cold extremes are unusually common. Frost has been recorded even in the midst of summer. Temperature normals however do not differ much from other southern Sweden localities, with winter highs most often staying above freezing and summers being warm.