Söderslätt

Söderslätt, whose name means South Plain in Swedish, is an agricultural district in the south-west of Scania, at the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is not an administrative area, but it is usually taken to comprise four municipalities: Skurup, Svedala, Trelleborg and Vellinge, the last of which includes the Falsterbo Peninsula. The district is known for the very high quality of its soil, a stone-free boulder clay that, together with a fairly mild winter climate, gives very good yields. The landscape has only a few small beech forests, pine and birch on sandy ground, almost no lakes or rivers and just a few ponds and minor streams. Malmö, the largest city of Scania, lies against its western boundary but is not closely associated with the farming area, while Trelleborg, the southernmost town of the peninsula, has extensive car ferry traffic to the European continent. Falsterbo at its south-western end is an important ornithological station where migrating birds gather in autumn.