Borgholm Municipality

Borgholm Municipality
Borgholms kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Kalmar County
Seat Borgholm
Area[1]
 • Total 3,654.83 km2 (1,411.14 sq mi)
 • Land 678.65 km2 (262.03 sq mi)
 • Water 2,976.18 km2 (1,149.11 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 10,667
 • Density 2.9/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Öland
Municipal code 0885
Website www.borgholm.se

Borgholm Municipality (Borgholms kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, constituting the northern half of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The municipal seat is located in the city of Borgholm.

Notable historic sites in this municipality are Borgholm Castle and Halltorps Estate.

The local government reform in the 1970s saw the creation of two municipalities on the island of Öland. Borgholm Municipality is the northern of the two and consists of sixteen original (pre-1952) entities. The southern half of the island is made up of Mörbylånga Municipality.

Localities

There are 5 urban areas (also called Tätort or localities) in Borgholm 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 Borgholm 3,093
2 Köpingsvik 609
3 Löttorp 455
4 Rälla 440
5 Björkviken 243

Sister cities

Borgholm has four sister cities (a.k.a. twin towns):

Politics

Result of the 2010 election

Moderate Party 31.73%

Centre party 16.84%

Liberal People's Party 4.96%

Christian Democrats 7.32%

Swedish Social Democratic Party 23.28%

Left Party 3.56%

Green Party 6.17%

Sweden Democrats 5.18%

Other Parties 0.97%

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 56°53′N 16°39′E / 56.883°N 16.650°E / 56.883; 16.650

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