Ronneby Municipality

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Ronneby kommun
County Blekinge County
Province Blekinge
Seat Ronneby
Population
 • Total
84th of 290
28,443 inhabitants
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
 • Water area
133rd of 290
866.03 km²
829.80 km²
Density
 • Total
121st of 290
34.3 inhabitants/km²
Municipal code 1081[1]
Website www.ronneby.se
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Ronneby Municipality (Ronneby kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Ronneby is the seat of the municipality.

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.

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[edit] Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ronneby 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 Ronneby 11,767
2 Kallinge 4,767
3 Bräkne-Hoby 1,769
4 Johannishus 773
5 Listerby 672
6 Ronnebyhamn 464
7 Backaryd 399
8 Eringsboda 340
9 Hallabro 252

[edit] Politics

The Ronneby Party is a party with local interests formed before the national election of 1994. In 1998 the party had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the vote share was reduced to 3.0%.

[edit] Parishes

Parishes ordered by hundreds:

  1. Bräkne Hundred
  2. Medelstad Hundred

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Sweden

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 56°12′N 15°17′E / 56.2°N 15.283°E / 56.2; 15.283

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