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Kalmar Municipality

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Kalmar Municipality
Kalmar kommun
Municipality
Kalmar City Hall
Kalmar City Hall
Coat of arms of Kalmar Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E / 56.667°N 16.367°E / 56.667; 16.367
CountrySweden
CountyKalmar County
SeatKalmar
Area
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 • Total1,250.96 km2 (483.00 sq mi)
 • Land956.9 km2 (369.5 sq mi)
 • Water294.06 km2 (113.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total72,304
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0880
Websitewww.kalmar.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Kalmar Municipality (Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

Localities

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There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar Municipality.

Kalmar castle

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2019. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Kalmar 41,110
2 Lindsdal 5,958
3 Smedby 3,658
4 Ljungbyholm 1,809
5 Rinkabyholm 1,659
6 Trekanten 1,608
7 Rockneby 960
8 Läckeby 943
9 Hagby 831
10 Påryd 685
11 Drag 550
12 Vassmolösa 534
13 Dunö 430
14 Tvärskog 394
15 Åmunnen [sv] 343
16 Halltorp 286

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Kalmar 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 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

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Kalmar is twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Kalmar i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish and English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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