Hishult

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Hishult
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Hishult
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Hishult
Coordinates: 56°25′33″N13°18′43″E / 56.42583°N 13.31194°E / 56.42583; 13.31194
Country Sweden
Province Halland
County Halland County
Municipality Laholm Municipality
Area
[1]
  Total
0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010) [1]
  Total
332
  Density449/km2 (1,160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Hishult Church in Laholm Municipality, southeastern Halland Hishults kyrka1.JPG
Hishult Church in Laholm Municipality, southeastern Halland

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. 1 2 3 "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.