Karlskrona Municipality

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Karlskrona kommun
Karlskrona vapen.svg
County Blekinge County
Province Blekinge
Seat Karlskrona
Karlskrona Municipality in Blekinge County.png
Population
 • Total
30th of 290
61,844 inhabitants
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
 • Water area
109th of 290
1,075.67 km²
1,046.89 km²
Density
 • Total
84th of 290
59.1 inhabitants/km²
Municipal code 1080[1]
Website www.karlskrona.se
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

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.

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[edit] 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

[edit] Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

  1. Karlskrona
  2. Eastern Hundred
  3. Medelstad Hundred

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Sweden

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E / 56.183°N 15.65°E / 56.183; 15.65