Bjuv Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bjuv.
The amalgamations connected to the 1971 local government reform in Sweden took place in this area in 1974, when "old" Bjuv (a market town (köping) since 1946) was amalgamated with Billesholm and Ekeby.
History The municipal arms depicts a mining torch lighting up a dark area. The reason is that Bjuv Municipality has had a coal mining industry since the 18th century. In the end of the 19th century, the clay industry flourished, based on the coal.
Localities There were three localities in the municipality in 2026.
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Bjuv Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 15,817 residents, including 10,979 Swedish citizens of voting age. 35.1% voted for the left coalition and 63.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Billesholm 1 1,227 809 35.7 62.0 74 68 32 21,941 23Billesholm 2 1,424 1,072 33.0 65.7 81 76 24 24,690 28Billesholm 3 1,508 1,005 38.5 60.1 70 57 43 22,569 22Bjuv 1 1,689 1,300 33.9 65.4 78 69 31 24,459 25Bjuv 2 1,385 1,013 31.1 66.7 82 68 32 27,032 28Bjuv 3 1,480 1,042 36.4 61.9 74 67 33 24,213 21Bjuv 4 1,632 1,043 41.7 55.0 66 48 52 19,544 20Bjuv 5 1,773 1,130 41.9 53.1 64 43 57 19,177 23Ekeby 1 1,137 806 32.3 65.2 78 77 23 23,997 25Ekeby 2 1,262 853 29.2 70.1 80 76 24 25,632 21Ekeby 3 1,300 906 29.6 69.7 81 82 18 26,388 25Source: SVT
Politics After 2022 election composition of the municipal council was as follows: Party Seats ± Sweden Democrats13 +2 Social Democratic Party10 -1 Moderate Party 5 Centre Party 1 Christian Democrats 1 Liberals 1 Left Party 1 Total 31
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