As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a series of amalgamations. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 22. At the time of the nationwide municipal reform of 1952 the number had been reduced to six. In 1967 the rural municipality "Torn" (itself created in 1952) was added to Lund. The "City of Lund" was made a unitary municipality in 1971 and amalgamated with "Dalby", "Genarp", "Södra Sandby" and "Veberöd" in 1974 completing the process. Since 2016, the municipality is subdivided into 16 districts for the purposes of population and land registration.