Ronneby Municipality (Ronneby kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town of Ronneby is the seat of the municipality.
Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby kommun | |
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 Ronneby Train Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°12′N 15°17′E / 56.200°N 15.283°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Seat | Ronneby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,241.85 km2 (479.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 825.34 km2 (318.67 sq mi) |
| • Water | 416.51 km2 (160.82 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 29,021 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Blekinge |
| Municipal code | 1081 |
| Website | www.ronneby.se |
The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.
Localities edit
There are 8 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, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronneby | 12,029 |
| 2 | Kallinge | 4,561 |
| 3 | Bräkne-Hoby | 1,689 |
| 4 | Johannishus | 748 |
| 5 | Listerby | 883 |
| 6 | Backaryd | 365 |
| 7 | Eringsboda | 299 |
| 8 | Hallabro | 254 |
Demographics edit
This is a demographic table based on Ronneby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 29,148 residents, including 21,933 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 42.4 % voted for the left coalition and 56.0 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Backaryd-Öljehult | 1,523 | 1,167 | 35.8 | 62.9 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 20,790 | 28 |
| Blekan | 1,584 | 1,233 | 44.0 | 54.8 | 69 | 73 | 27 | 20,377 | 36 |
| Bräkne-Hoby | 1,438 | 1,140 | 39.4 | 59.7 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 27,397 | 38 |
| Bräkne-Hoby C | 1,719 | 1,336 | 47.9 | 50.6 | 78 | 89 | 11 | 21,139 | 28 |
| Centrum | 1,715 | 1,321 | 45.8 | 52.6 | 71 | 70 | 30 | 20,680 | 34 |
| Espedalen | 1,871 | 1,128 | 60.6 | 36.1 | 55 | 39 | 61 | 16,142 | 30 |
| Fredriksberg | 1,636 | 1,200 | 42.1 | 56.8 | 76 | 83 | 17 | 25,503 | 52 |
| Förkärla-Listerby N | 1,437 | 1,138 | 39.4 | 60.1 | 87 | 94 | 6 | 28,624 | 46 |
| Hasselstad-Eringsboda | 1,349 | 1,072 | 30.9 | 68.3 | 79 | 91 | 9 | 22,070 | 28 |
| Hjortsberga-Edestad | 1,623 | 1,284 | 37.4 | 61.8 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 25,967 | 34 |
| Hulta | 1,593 | 1,211 | 44.1 | 54.6 | 89 | 90 | 10 | 28,619 | 48 |
| Häggatorp | 1,576 | 1,151 | 38.8 | 60.0 | 73 | 78 | 22 | 21,603 | 22 |
| Kalleberga | 1,623 | 1,219 | 39.4 | 58.9 | 83 | 80 | 20 | 23,580 | 24 |
| Kallinge | 1,753 | 1,250 | 43.5 | 52.9 | 67 | 70 | 30 | 19,995 | 24 |
| Listerby S | 922 | 773 | 34.9 | 63.9 | 82 | 93 | 7 | 27,640 | 46 |
| Lugnet | 1,707 | 1,325 | 41.5 | 57.4 | 80 | 80 | 20 | 25,192 | 38 |
| Persborg | 1,407 | 1,248 | 39.7 | 59.2 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 26,801 | 43 |
| Varan | 1,003 | 810 | 43.2 | 55.9 | 86 | 94 | 6 | 28,165 | 53 |
| Älgbacken | 1,669 | 927 | 59.1 | 35.1 | 56 | 37 | 63 | 15,655 | 26 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Parishes edit
Parishes ordered by hundreds:
International relations edit
Bornholm, Denmark
Mänttä, Finland
Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany- Schopfheim, Germany
Høyanger, Norway
Elbląg, Poland
Slavsk, Russia
Enfield, Connecticut, United States- Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
See also edit
- Trolleboda, a village located here
References edit
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Ronneby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
External links edit
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