Karlskrona Municipality Explained

Karlskrona Municipality
Native Name:Karlskrona kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Blekinge County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Karlskrona
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:Blekinge
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1080
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.karlskrona.se

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.

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.

Localities

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
1 Karlskrona 32,606
2 3,356
3 3,053
4 2,596
5 1,643
6 1,293
7 697
8 477
9 473
10 422
11 398
12 380
13 347
14 328
15 276
16 238
17 229
18 213

Demographics

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.[1]

In total there were 66,647 residents, including 50,805 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 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
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Aspö55250750.048.87592824,31553
Bergåsa1,4701,06147.850.171772327,26171
Fridlevstad1,4501,13134.963.68594625,58232
Galgamarken1,7221,09952.443.255534714,92856
Hasslö1,7131,37449.250.38896426,14746
Hogland1,3821,12044.153.677772324,12447
Hässlegården2,0451,38648.351.491891133,38969
Hästö1,4611,10645.853.98893735,00475
Jämjö N2,0161,54242.656.18695524,77232
Jämjö S1,5501,21946.452.88795524,49040
Kristianopel1,4731,19735.963.38592824,07530
Kronotorp1,5891,08953.045.774703023,49541
Kungsmarken2,5521,18378.917.246158511,10135
Kättismåla1,4741,15838.860.28696426,64537
Lyckeby V1,6691,34752.446.177841621,48044
Lyckeby Ö1,9031,41847.650.99091930,54554
Långö-Gräsvik1,6071,23845.252.457792120,25269
Marieberg2,1391,29957.839.853445614,61442
Mariedal1,9451,49753.045.882752525,64146
Möllebacken1,9231,64944.155.179841625,55855
Nättraby S2,1951,52939.859.59296433,15164
Nättraby V1,4861,11249.249.98492827,67649
Nättraby Ö1,7411,28744.155.28994632,22760
Pantarholmen2,0511,70850.947.771762421,35857
Ramdala1,4131,10542.157.18895527,30444
Rosenfeldt1,7281,50245.453.080861426,46456
Rödeby N2,1391,61541.957.08591926,36542
Rödeby S1,7991,33746.152.68892828,02543
Saltö-Björkholmen1,8361,57046.152.878891127,59561
Sillhövda1,3581,07633.265.677891122,12027
Spandelstorp2,1991,58944.154.981851527,40649
Strömsberg1,2931,00238.161.48294624,49730
Sturkö1,6361,37144.953.88596425,81542
Torhamn1,4771,22040.259.48294624,09238
Trossö Ö1,3271,17044.554.879881225,91557
Trummenäs1,22993337.361.99097332,47059
Tving1,2411,00834.664.48693724,37531
Verkö1,5901,16540.059.385851532,65369
Västerudd1,6501,49045.753.179881223,95249
Wachtmeister1,6241,39645.553.078841624,59850
Source: SVT

Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

  1. Karlskrona
  2. Eastern Hundred
    • Augerum Parish
    • Flymen Parish
    • Jämjö Parish
    • Kristianopel Parish
    • Lösen Parish
    • Ramdala Parish
    • Rödeby Parish
    • Sturkö Parish
    • Torhamn Parish
    • Virserum Parish
  3. Medelstad Hundred
    • Aspö Parish
    • Fridlevstad Parish
    • Hasslö Parish
    • Nättraby Parish
    • Sillhövda Parish
    • Tving Parish
    • Hästö

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Karlskrona is twinned with:[2]

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Karlskrona i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 19 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Vänorter och nätverk. karlskrona.se. Karlskrona kommun. sv. 2019-11-04.