Kalmar Municipality

Kalmar kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Kalmar County
Seat Kalmar
Area[1]
 • Total 1,256.91 km2 (485.3 sq mi)
 • Land 961.76 km2 (371.3 sq mi)
 • Water 295.15 km2 (114 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 62,373
 • Density 49.6/km2 (128.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Småland
Municipal code 0880
Website www.kalmar.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Kalmar Municipality (Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

Contents

Localities

There are 15 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar 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 Kalmar 35,170
2 Lindsdal 5,520
3 Smedby 3,530
4 Rinkabyholm 1,555
5 Ljungbyholm 1,461
6 Trekanten 1,268
7 Rockneby 880
8 Läckeby 862
9 Påryd 657
10 Hagby 651
11 Vassmolösa 544
12 Tvärskog 409
13 Dunö 384
14 Halltorp 292
15 Boholmarna 272

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kalmar is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  3. ^ "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish & English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. http://www.gdansk.pl/samorzad,62,733.html. Retrieved 2009-07-11. 

External links

Municipalities
Municipal seats
Localities in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden
Localities:
Boholmarna  · Dunö  · Hagby  · Halltorp  · Kalmar (seat)  · Läckeby  · Lindsdal  · Ljungbyholm  · Påryd  · Rinkabyholm  · Rockneby  · Smedby  · Trekanten  · Tvärskog  · Vassmolösa