Karlshamn Municipality

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Karlshamns kommun
County Blekinge County
Province Blekinge
Seat Karlshamn
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
183rd of 290
511.08 km²
491.33 km²
Population
 • Total
77th of 290
31,179 inhabitants
Density
 • Total
81st of 290
63.5 inhabitants/km²
Website http://www.karlshamn.se/
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Karlshamn Municipality (Karlshamns kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Olofström Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality. The city Karlshamn is the seat of the municipality.

The amalgamation of the units in the area took place in 1967 when the City of Karlshamn was merged with Asarum, Hällaryd and Mörrum. The whole territory had formally city status until 1971, when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type.

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[edit] Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn 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 Karlshamn 18,768
2 Mörrum 3,655
3 Svängsta 1,742
4 Hällaryd 553
5 Åryd 362
6 Torarp 273

[edit] Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

  1. Karlshamn
    • Karlshamn Parish
  2. Bräkne Hundred
  3. Lister Hundred

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