| Örkelljunga Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Örkelljunga kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 56.2833°N 30°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Skåne County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Örkelljunga |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Note: | Area as of . |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Province |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Scania |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1257 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.orkelljunga.se |
Örkelljunga Municipality (Örkelljunga kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Örkelljunga.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of "old" Örkelljunga with Skånes-Fagerhult.
In sports, there is one team of national recognition and the pride of the town: Örkelljunga Volleybollklubb. Usually both the male and female teams are top contestant in the highest national league; having won it on several occasions. Within the municipal borders is also a renowned golf course.
Geographically, Örkelljunga Municipality is situated in north-western Scania on the border to the provinces Halland and Småland. These parts of Scania are notable for a varied terrain of leaf woods, farming areas and small lakes.
The closest large city is Helsingborg on the west coast, less than half an hour car drive away.
There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Örkelljunga Municipality.
In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Örkelljunga | 4,574 | |
| 2 | 854 | ||
| 3 | 690 | ||
| 4 | 448 |
This is a demographic table based on Örkelljunga Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]
In total there were 10,482 residents, including 7,651 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 30.7% voted for the left coalition and 67.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||
| Rya | 1,034 | 804 | 30.1 | 67.0 | 77 | 82 | 18 | 25,024 | 29 | ||||||||
| Skånes Fagerhult | 1,722 | 1,264 | 29.1 | 69.3 | 76 | 78 | 22 | 21,215 | 23 | ||||||||
| Åsljunga | 1,357 | 955 | 27.1 | 70.8 | 76 | 76 | 24 | 24,104 | 26 | ||||||||
| Örkelljunga C | 1,449 | 1,094 | 33.8 | 64.2 | 77 | 75 | 25 | 20,862 | 28 | ||||||||
| Örkelljunga M | 2,510 | 1,877 | 30.5 | 67.4 | 84 | 85 | 15 | 25,216 | 32 | ||||||||
| Örkelljunga N | 2,410 | 1,657 | 32.7 | 65.4 | 72 | 68 | 32 | 20,649 | 24 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||