Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Blekinge County
Seat Karlskrona
Area[1]
 • Total 3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi)
 • Land 1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi)
 • Water 2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 64,631
 • Density 19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Blekinge
Municipal code 1080
Website www.karlskrona.se

Karlskrona Municipality (Karlskrona kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County, 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 Rödeby 3,356
3 Nättraby 3,053
4 Jämjö 2,596
5 Hasslö 1,643
6 Sturkö 1,293
7 Fridlevstad 697
8 Tving 477
9 Torhamn 473
10 Spjutsbygd 422
11 Fågelmara 398
12 Skavkulla och Skillingenäs 380
13 Holmsjö 347
14 Drottningskär 328
15 Gängletorp 276
16 Kättilsmåla 238
17 Nävragöl 229
18 Brömsebro 213

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

The municipality is twinned with[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.karlskrona.se/sv/VisitKarlskrona/Info/Karlskronas-vanorter/

External links

Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E / 56.183°N 15.650°E / 56.183; 15.650

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