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Municipality in Scania County, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.
Osby Municipality
Osby kommun | |
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Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Scania County |
Seat | Osby |
Area | |
• Total | 599.84 km2 (231.60 sq mi) |
• Land | 576.24 km2 (222.49 sq mi) |
• Water | 23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 13,106 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Scania |
Municipal code | 1273 |
Website | www.osby.se |
The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.
There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
This is a demographic table based on Osby 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 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Loshult/Killeberg | 1,305 | 889 | 37.5 | 61.8 | 83 | 77 | 23 | 25,801 | 34 |
Osby NV | 2,198 | 1,517 | 40.6 | 58.0 | 75 | 68 | 32 | 22,597 | 31 |
Osby NÖ | 1,814 | 1,294 | 34.9 | 63.6 | 78 | 76 | 24 | 22,325 | 29 |
Osby N | 1,698 | 1,383 | 37.1 | 61.9 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 21,577 | 27 |
Osby SV | 1,570 | 1,238 | 39.4 | 59.9 | 86 | 82 | 18 | 25,310 | 32 |
Osby S | 1,767 | 1,372 | 35.7 | 63.5 | 86 | 84 | 16 | 27,089 | 35 |
Örkened | 1,434 | 1,107 | 37.9 | 61.5 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 25,385 | 29 |
Örkened C | 1,452 | 1,088 | 37.7 | 61.5 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 19,499 | 21 |
Source: SVT[3] |
The municipality is twinned with:[6]
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