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Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden
Kalmar Municipality Kalmar kommun
Municipality
Kalmar City HallKalmar City Hall
Coat of arms of Kalmar MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E / 56.667°N 16.367°E / 56.667; 16.367
CountrySweden
CountyKalmar County
SeatKalmar
Area
 • Total1,250.96 km (483.00 sq mi)
 • Land956.9 km (369.5 sq mi)
 • Water294.06 km (113.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total72,304
 • Density58/km (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

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

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.

In total there were 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 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
% %
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

International relations

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

Twin towns — sister cities

Kalmar is twinned with:

References

  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. ^ "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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Places adjacent to Kalmar Municipality
Mönsterås Kalmar Strait / Borgholm
Nybro Kalmar Kalmar Strait / Mörbylånga
Emmaboda Torsås
Municipalities and seats of Kalmar County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Kalmar County
Municipal seats
Localities in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden
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