Karlskrona Municipality

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.

Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona kommun
Municipality
Karlskrona Town Hall
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyBlekinge County
SeatKarlskrona
Area
 • Total3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi)
 • Land1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi)
 • Water2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total66,622
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceBlekinge
Municipal code1080
Websitewww.karlskrona.se
Karl XI monument

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.

#LocalityPopulation
1Karlskrona32,606
2Rödeby3,356
3Nättraby3,053
4Jämjö2,596
5Hasslö1,643
6Sturkö1,293
7Fridlevstad697
8Tving477
9Torhamn473
10Spjutsbygd422
11Fågelmara398
12Skavkulla och Skillingenäs380
13Holmsjö347
14Drottningskär328
15Gängletorp276
16Kättilsmåla238
17Nävragöl229
18Brömsebro213

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:[3]

See also

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. "Vänorter och nätverk". karlskrona.se (in Swedish). Karlskrona kommun. Retrieved 2019-11-04.

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