Kalmar Municipality

Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden

Kalmar Municipality

Kalmar kommun

Municipality

Kalmar City Hall

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E﻿ / ﻿56.667°N 16.367°E﻿ / 56.667; 16.367
Country| Sweden
County| Kalmar County
Seat| Kalmar
Area

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• Total

| 1,250.96 km2 (483.00 sq mi)
• Land| 956.9 km2 (369.5 sq mi)
• Water| 294.06 km2 (113.54 sq mi)
| Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

(31 December 2024)[2]

• Total

| 72,704
• Density| 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| SE
Province| Småland
Municipal code| 0880
Website| www.kalmar.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Kalmar Municipality (Swedish: 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

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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.

Location  | Residents | Citizen
adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish
parents | Foreign
heritage | Income
SEK | Degree

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Berga  | 2,120  | 1,611  | 47.8  | 51.7  | 88  | 91  | 9  | 32,411  | 64
Berga C  | 2,098  | 1,644  | 52.9  | 45.6  | 74  | 68  | 32  | 20,807  | 33
Bergavik  | 1,629  | 1,216  | 46.7  | 52.2  | 87  | 84  | 16  | 30,744  | 58
Björkenäs  | 1,289  | 1,035  | 49.0  | 50.6  | 82  | 86  | 14  | 27,948  | 63
Djurängen V  | 1,543  | 1,260  | 55.6  | 42.8  | 70  | 71  | 29  | 21,565  | 43
Djurängen Ö  | 1,933  | 1,794  | 49.1  | 49.6  | 77  | 78  | 22  | 22,566  | 46
Drag-Revsudden  | 1,429  | 1,079  | 41.6  | 57.8  | 87  | 92  | 8  | 29,606  | 52
Falkenberg  | 1,843  | 1,500  | 57.9  | 40.8  | 71  | 76  | 24  | 21,466  | 52
Funkabo  | 1,804  | 1,301  | 58.4  | 40.2  | 70  | 64  | 36  | 20,046  | 39
Gamla stan  | 1,796  | 1,546  | 47.7  | 51.4  | 81  | 90  | 10  | 27,873  | 57
Getinge-Tallhagen  | 1,246  | 960  | 49.8  | 49.5  | 75  | 87  | 13  | 28,844  | 67
Hagby Vassmolösa S  | 1,941  | 1,521  | 47.6  | 51.2  | 87  | 91  | 9  | 25,734  | 41
Halltorp-Voxtorp  | 1,022  | 794  | 39.8  | 59.2  | 83  | 91  | 9  | 24,952  | 40
Kalmarsundsparken  | 1,467  | 1,230  | 47.0  | 52.5  | 88  | 92  | 8  | 32,806  | 67
Kvarnholmen  | 1,991  | 1,805  | 47.2  | 51.7  | 82  | 87  | 13  | 27,507  | 52
Lindsdal NO  | 1,523  | 1,106  | 51.3  | 47.5  | 84  | 87  | 13  | 25,649  | 42
Lindsdal NV-Förlösa  | 1,648  | 1,271  | 40.4  | 58.7  | 88  | 91  | 9  | 29,298  | 47
Lindsdal SO-Fjölebro  | 1,964  | 1,322  | 47.1  | 52.2  | 91  | 87  | 13  | 29,275  | 54
Lindsdal SV-Kläckeberga  | 1,537  | 1,109  | 48.2  | 50.4  | 83  | 80  | 20  | 26,515  | 45
Ljungbyholm-Vassmolösa  | 2,503  | 1,836  | 43.5  | 55.5  | 87  | 90  | 10  | 28,125  | 47
Läckeby  | 1,771  | 1,300  | 42.7  | 56.8  | 87  | 93  | 7  | 28,176  | 41
Malmen S  | 1,201  | 956  | 48.7  | 50.4  | 71  | 80  | 20  | 23,397  | 55
Malmen V  | 1,882  | 1,552  | 53.2  | 45.8  | 72  | 82  | 18  | 24,281  | 53
Malmen-Norrgårdsgärdet  | 1,843  | 1,768  | 49.6  | 49.0  | 80  | 88  | 12  | 25,870  | 52
Norrgårdsgärdet V  | 1,134  | 1,002  | 47.0  | 51.6  | 81  | 84  | 16  | 24,955  | 46
Norrliden V  | 2,020  | 1,227  | 66.1  | 31.1  | 65  | 38  | 62  | 18,201  | 29
Norrliden Ö  | 2,030  | 1,195  | 67.8  | 29.3  | 59  | 38  | 62  | 16,211  | 29
Oxhagen  | 1,851  | 1,329  | 60.7  | 37.8  | 67  | 55  | 45  | 19,015  | 34
Påryd  | 922  | 732  | 44.3  | 54.3  | 76  | 84  | 16  | 20,757  | 25
Rinkabyholm S-Hossmo  | 2,179  | 1,486  | 41.7  | 57.1  | 90  | 95  | 5  | 32,119  | 61
Rockneby  | 1,453  | 1,115  | 40.7  | 57.8  | 85  | 93  | 7  | 26,592  | 34
Sandås-Stensberg  | 2,008  | 1,606  | 46.6  | 52.0  | 81  | 86  | 14  | 25,794  | 53
Skälby  | 1,269  | 1,009  | 53.8  | 44.7  | 64  | 79  | 21  | 16,704  | 51
Smedby S-Rinkabyholm N  | 1,807  | 1,280  | 43.8  | 55.9  | 88  | 90  | 10  | 30,348  | 54
Smedby V  | 1,540  | 1,076  | 56.6  | 41.5  | 69  | 60  | 40  | 21,191  | 33
Smedby Ö  | 1,729  | 1,194  | 50.9  | 47.3  | 82  | 79  | 21  | 26,328  | 39
Snurrom  | 1,219  | 781  | 43.5  | 55.1  | 77  | 72  | 28  | 22,536  | 35
Tegelviken-Johannesborg  | 1,678  | 1,317  | 50.6  | 48.5  | 83  | 89  | 11  | 29,154  | 56
Trekanten  | 2,310  | 1,649  | 38.0  | 60.6  | 87  | 90  | 10  | 27,836  | 40
Tvärskog  | 1,168  | 855  | 46.2  | 52.9  | 85  | 91  | 9  | 26,174  | 34
Vimpeltorpet  | 2,468  | 1,712  | 45.2  | 54.3  | 86  | 78  | 22  | 30,102  | 55
Ängö-Varvsholmen  | 1,437  | 1,349  | 36.4  | 62.7  | 85  | 92  | 8  | 30,709  | 56
Source: SVT[3]

## 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:

* Gdańsk, Poland (since 1991)[4]
* Kaliningrad, Russia
* Wilmington, Delaware, United States
* Savonlinna, Finland
* Samsun, Turkey
* Panevėžys, Lithuania

## 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, 2024" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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.

* Statistics Sweden

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kalmar Municipality.

* Kalmar Municipality \- Official site
* University of Kalmar

Places adjacent to Kalmar Municipality

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Kalmar

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Municipalities and seats of Kalmar County

Municipalities|

* Borgholm
* Emmaboda
* Högsby
* Hultsfred
* Kalmar
* Mönsterås
* Mörbylånga
* Nybro
* Oskarshamn
* Torsås
* Västervik
* Vimmerby

Municipal seats|

* Borgholm
* Emmaboda
* Högsby
* Hultsfred
* Kalmar
* Mönsterås
* Mörbylånga
* Nybro
* Oskarshamn
* Torsås
* Västervik
* Vimmerby

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Localities in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden

Localities|

* Boholmarna
* Drag
* Dunö
* Hagby
* Halltorp
* Kalmar (seat)
* Läckeby
* Lindsdal
* Ljungbyholm
* Påryd
* Rinkabyholm
* Rockneby
* Smedby
* Trekanten
* Tvärskog
* Vassmolösa

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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