Stockholm Municipality

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**Stockholm Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Stockholm County in Sweden Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. Also outlining the bay Riddarfjärden and lake Mälaren. Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Stockholm
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Uppland Södermanland
	Area Rank	187.74 km² 252nd of 290
	Population Rank (2006)	774,411 1st of 290
	Density	4,124.91/km²

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Stockholm Municipality is the largest Swedish municipality in terms of population. Its proper name is (Swedish) Stockholms stad, or City of Stockholm in English.

Geographically, it comprises all the central parts of the capital as well as many of the surrounding suburbs. Of the municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the town of Stockholm, an urban area further extending into ten other municipalities.

1 Geography
2 Politics
- 2.1 District councils
3 External links

[edit] Geography

An old map of Stockholm City showing the intricate set of islands

[edit] Politics

Main article: Politics of Stockholm

The municipality is governed by a municipal council with 101 members. These are elected through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the Parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public. The council elects a municipal executive board (kommunstyrelse), with 13 members representing both the political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the council. The political organisation also includes eight governing full-time Commissioners (borgarråd, sometimes called Vice Mayors) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance (finansborgarråd, sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the municipal executive board. The current incumbent is Annika Billström, a Social Democrat.

The governing parties		Parties in opposition
Following the 2006 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
The Moderate Party	41	The Social Democrats	27
The Liberal People's Party	10	The Left Party	9
The Christian Democrats	3	The Green Party	10
The Centre Party	1

The governing parties		Parties in opposition
Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats were divided in the following way:
The Social Democrats	35	The Moderate Party	27
The Left Party	11	The Liberal People's Party	17
The Green Party	6	The Christian Democrats	5

[edit] District councils

The municipality is subdivided into 18 district councils, or boroughs, which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas.

Unofficially Stockholm is divided into three major parts: Stockholm City Centre (Innerstaden), South Stockholm (Söderort) and West Stockholm (Västerort). They are in turn divided into smaller parts.

The boroughs of Stockholm

Stockholm City Centre	South Stockholm	West Stockholm
Katarina-Sofia borough Kungsholmen borough Maria-Gamla stan borough Norrmalm borough Östermalm borough	Enskede-Årsta borough Farsta borough Hägersten borough Liljeholmen borough Skarpnäck borough Skärholmen borough Vantör borough Älvsjö borough	Bromma borough Hässelby-Vällingby borough Kista borough Rinkeby borough Spånga-Tensta borough