Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun
Municipality
Karlskrona Town Hall

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 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total 66,666
 • Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Blekinge
Municipal code 1080
Website www.karlskrona.se

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.

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

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 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.karlskrona.se/sv/VisitKarlskrona/Info/Karlskronas-vanorter/

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

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