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Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karlskrona Municipality (Karlskrona kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality.
Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun | |
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![]() Karlskrona Town Hall | |
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Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Blekinge County |
Seat | Karlskrona |
Area | |
• Total | 3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 66,420 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Blekinge |
Municipal code | 1080 |
Website | www.karlskrona.se |
Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the City of Karlskrona.
There are 18 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlskrona Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
# | Locality | Population |
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1 | Karlskrona | 32,606 |
2 | Rödeby | 3,356 |
3 | Nättraby | 3,053 |
4 | Jämjö | 2,596 |
5 | Hasslö | 1,643 |
6 | Sturkö | 1,293 |
7 | Fridlevstad | 697 |
8 | Tving | 477 |
9 | Torhamn | 473 |
10 | Spjutsbygd | 422 |
11 | Fågelmara | 398 |
12 | Skavkulla och Skillingenäs | 380 |
13 | Holmsjö | 347 |
14 | Drottningskär | 328 |
15 | Gängletorp | 276 |
16 | Kättilsmåla | 238 |
17 | Nävragöl | 229 |
18 | Brömsebro | 213 |
This is a demographic table based on Karlskrona Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 66,647 residents, including 50,805 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 45.2 % voted for the left coalition and 53.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Aspö | 552 | 507 | 50.0 | 48.8 | 75 | 92 | 8 | 24,315 | 53 |
Bergåsa | 1,470 | 1,061 | 47.8 | 50.1 | 71 | 77 | 23 | 27,261 | 71 |
Fridlevstad | 1,450 | 1,131 | 34.9 | 63.6 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 25,582 | 32 |
Galgamarken | 1,722 | 1,099 | 52.4 | 43.2 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 14,928 | 56 |
Hasslö | 1,713 | 1,374 | 49.2 | 50.3 | 88 | 96 | 4 | 26,147 | 46 |
Hogland | 1,382 | 1,120 | 44.1 | 53.6 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 24,124 | 47 |
Hässlegården | 2,045 | 1,386 | 48.3 | 51.4 | 91 | 89 | 11 | 33,389 | 69 |
Hästö | 1,461 | 1,106 | 45.8 | 53.9 | 88 | 93 | 7 | 35,004 | 75 |
Jämjö N | 2,016 | 1,542 | 42.6 | 56.1 | 86 | 95 | 5 | 24,772 | 32 |
Jämjö S | 1,550 | 1,219 | 46.4 | 52.8 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 24,490 | 40 |
Kristianopel | 1,473 | 1,197 | 35.9 | 63.3 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 24,075 | 30 |
Kronotorp | 1,589 | 1,089 | 53.0 | 45.7 | 74 | 70 | 30 | 23,495 | 41 |
Kungsmarken | 2,552 | 1,183 | 78.9 | 17.2 | 46 | 15 | 85 | 11,101 | 35 |
Kättismåla | 1,474 | 1,158 | 38.8 | 60.2 | 86 | 96 | 4 | 26,645 | 37 |
Lyckeby V | 1,669 | 1,347 | 52.4 | 46.1 | 77 | 84 | 16 | 21,480 | 44 |
Lyckeby Ö | 1,903 | 1,418 | 47.6 | 50.9 | 90 | 91 | 9 | 30,545 | 54 |
Långö-Gräsvik | 1,607 | 1,238 | 45.2 | 52.4 | 57 | 79 | 21 | 20,252 | 69 |
Marieberg | 2,139 | 1,299 | 57.8 | 39.8 | 53 | 44 | 56 | 14,614 | 42 |
Mariedal | 1,945 | 1,497 | 53.0 | 45.8 | 82 | 75 | 25 | 25,641 | 46 |
Möllebacken | 1,923 | 1,649 | 44.1 | 55.1 | 79 | 84 | 16 | 25,558 | 55 |
Nättraby S | 2,195 | 1,529 | 39.8 | 59.5 | 92 | 96 | 4 | 33,151 | 64 |
Nättraby V | 1,486 | 1,112 | 49.2 | 49.9 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 27,676 | 49 |
Nättraby Ö | 1,741 | 1,287 | 44.1 | 55.2 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 32,227 | 60 |
Pantarholmen | 2,051 | 1,708 | 50.9 | 47.7 | 71 | 76 | 24 | 21,358 | 57 |
Ramdala | 1,413 | 1,105 | 42.1 | 57.1 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 27,304 | 44 |
Rosenfeldt | 1,728 | 1,502 | 45.4 | 53.0 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 26,464 | 56 |
Rödeby N | 2,139 | 1,615 | 41.9 | 57.0 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 26,365 | 42 |
Rödeby S | 1,799 | 1,337 | 46.1 | 52.6 | 88 | 92 | 8 | 28,025 | 43 |
Saltö-Björkholmen | 1,836 | 1,570 | 46.1 | 52.8 | 78 | 89 | 11 | 27,595 | 61 |
Sillhövda | 1,358 | 1,076 | 33.2 | 65.6 | 77 | 89 | 11 | 22,120 | 27 |
Spandelstorp | 2,199 | 1,589 | 44.1 | 54.9 | 81 | 85 | 15 | 27,406 | 49 |
Strömsberg | 1,293 | 1,002 | 38.1 | 61.4 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,497 | 30 |
Sturkö | 1,636 | 1,371 | 44.9 | 53.8 | 85 | 96 | 4 | 25,815 | 42 |
Torhamn | 1,477 | 1,220 | 40.2 | 59.4 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,092 | 38 |
Trossö Ö | 1,327 | 1,170 | 44.5 | 54.8 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 25,915 | 57 |
Trummenäs | 1,229 | 933 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 90 | 97 | 3 | 32,470 | 59 |
Tving | 1,241 | 1,008 | 34.6 | 64.4 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 24,375 | 31 |
Verkö | 1,590 | 1,165 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 85 | 85 | 15 | 32,653 | 69 |
Västerudd | 1,650 | 1,490 | 45.7 | 53.1 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 23,952 | 49 |
Wachtmeister | 1,624 | 1,396 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 78 | 84 | 16 | 24,598 | 50 |
Source: SVT[3] |
Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:
Karlskrona is twinned with:[4]
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