Västervik_Municipality
Västervik Municipality
Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden
Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.
Västervik Municipality
Västerviks kommun | |
|---|---|
Västervik Railway Station | |
| Coordinates: 57°45′N 16°38′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Seat | Västervik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,596.85 km2 (1,388.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,874.43 km2 (723.72 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,722.42 km2 (665.03 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 36,434 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0883 |
| Website | www.vastervik.se |
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.
There are 11 urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Västervik 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.
This is a demographic table based on Västervik 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 including 36,704 residents, including 29,293 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.3 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Blackstad-Odensvi | 1,283 | 1,034 | 42.6 | 56.2 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 22,940 | 29 |
| Brevik | 1,556 | 1,225 | 50.5 | 48.6 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 26,246 | 44 |
| Centrum | 1,783 | 1,663 | 45.4 | 53.8 | 82 | 88 | 12 | 24,957 | 44 |
| Djurgården-Törnfall | 1,833 | 1,410 | 41.2 | 57.5 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 28,806 | 50 |
| Gamleby 1 | 1,927 | 1,500 | 46.8 | 51.2 | 74 | 83 | 17 | 19,342 | 26 |
| Gamleby 2-Lofta | 1,838 | 1,436 | 42.8 | 54.9 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 22,614 | 29 |
| Gladhammar-Västrum | 1,668 | 1,269 | 47.8 | 50.0 | 76 | 81 | 19 | 21,799 | 30 |
| Hallingeberg S | 1,343 | 1,034 | 52.4 | 46.3 | 76 | 83 | 17 | 20,985 | 25 |
| Hjorted | 1,319 | 1,030 | 51.9 | 46.7 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 21,744 | 29 |
| Jenny-Kvännaren | 1,772 | 1,316 | 43.9 | 54.8 | 89 | 91 | 9 | 27,758 | 40 |
| Johannesdal | 2,093 | 1,627 | 55.0 | 43.1 | 78 | 78 | 22 | 23,689 | 33 |
| Karstorp | 1,705 | 1,360 | 56.2 | 41.3 | 70 | 72 | 28 | 19,105 | 25 |
| Loftahammar | 749 | 661 | 44.2 | 54.9 | 80 | 92 | 8 | 21,613 | 33 |
| Ludvigsdal-Hornslandet | 1,930 | 1,512 | 48.3 | 50.5 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 27,169 | 40 |
| Marieborg | 1,505 | 1,231 | 50.4 | 48.0 | 81 | 87 | 13 | 23,619 | 42 |
| Peru | 1,255 | 1,011 | 48.7 | 49.1 | 80 | 84 | 16 | 23,671 | 35 |
| Piperskärr-Gränsö | 1,817 | 1,497 | 37.4 | 61.7 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 30,637 | 51 |
| Skogshaga | 2,077 | 1,588 | 56.7 | 42.3 | 78 | 82 | 18 | 23,743 | 33 |
| Södermalm | 1,482 | 1,145 | 56.7 | 40.8 | 69 | 69 | 31 | 19,179 | 31 |
| Ukna-Västra Ed | 1,254 | 1,040 | 45.5 | 52.8 | 77 | 92 | 8 | 19,602 | 31 |
| Västralund-Stenhagen | 1,603 | 1,322 | 47.5 | 51.1 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,526 | 42 |
| Östermalm | 1,487 | 1,231 | 54.0 | 45.1 | 80 | 85 | 15 | 23,661 | 37 |
| Överum | 1,425 | 1,151 | 47.5 | 50.3 | 74 | 86 | 14 | 19,920 | 19 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned with:[4]
- "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.
- "Valresultat 2022 för Västervik i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- "404 trasig länk - Västerviks kommun".
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- Västervik Municipality - Official site
- Västervik Tourism Official site - In Swedish, English and German
- (in Swedish) Article Västervik in Nordisk Familjebok
- Coat of arms