Karlshamn Municipality

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Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°51′E
Country	Sweden
County	Blekinge County
Seat	Karlshamn
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Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
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ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Blekinge
Municipal code	1082
Website	www.karlshamn.se

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

Administrative territory

1863 at the time of first municipal legislation in Sweden, the area was divided into the City of Karlshamn and five rural municipalities. 1881 a further subdivision was made by Asarum into Ringamåla. The administrative reform in 1952 reduced the number of municipalities surrounding the town to Hällaryd (Hällaryds plus Åryds municipalities), Asarum (reunition of Asarum and Ringamåla), Mörrum (municipalities Elleholm plus Mörrum). In 1/1 1967 the town of Karlshamn was united with Asarum, Hällaryd och Mörrum to form the present municipality when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type.

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, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Karlshamn	19,075
2	Mörrum	3,695
3	Svängsta	1,682
4	Hällaryd	546
5	Åryd	336
6	Torarp	263

In total, just above 32,000 people live in Karlshamn, which makes it the second largest municipality in Blekinge County.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlshamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 32,182 residents, including 24,986 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.4 % voted for the left coalition and 54.5 % 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 % % Centrala Asarum 2,186 1,660 49.6 49.8 72 75 25 20,679 34 Froarp 2,244 1,690 42.1 57.6 86 92 8 27,708 38 Gustavstorp 1,432 1,175 39.8 59.1 83 89 11 24,338 30 Horsaryd 2,315 1,763 41.9 57.3 83 86 14 26,718 31 Hällaryd 2,123 1,689 40.7 58.2 83 90 10 24,160 36 Högadal 1,997 1,408 48.8 50.0 67 67 33 20,769 41 Korpadalen 1,754 1,339 42.5 56.4 87 87 13 29,583 51 Mörrum V 1,750 1,242 41.0 57.6 75 76 24 21,805 27 Mörrum Ö 1,716 1,304 45.2 54.5 85 88 12 25,385 39 Prästslätten 1,684 1,378 47.9 50.2 80 81 19 25,255 46 Skogsborg 1,405 1,156 46.8 52.1 85 92 8 28,784 56 Stadsporten 1,655 1,363 45.2 53.3 74 78 22 21,896 36 Svängsta NO 2,083 1,455 46.3 52.7 70 73 27 20,680 28 Svängsta SV 1,339 1,000 33.9 64.6 79 87 13 23,396 28 Torget 1,597 1,392 42.7 55.8 70 80 20 22,188 36 Tubbaryd 1,520 1,166 48.0 50.6 74 69 31 23,700 41 Vägga 1,819 1,527 45.7 53.8 84 92 8 28,624 53 Österslätt 1,563 1,279 47.9 50.8 73 69 31 22,423 41 Source: SVT

Economy

The municipal tax is deducted as a percentage of individual citizens income. It is 21.89% 2009. The average personal income in the municipality was 158594 SEK year 2009. This is 96% of the national average (SCB). The council also derives income from the municipal harbour, the energy services etc.

Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

1. Karlshamn
   • Karlshamn Parish
2. Bräkne Hundred
   • Asarum Parish
   • Hällaryd Parish
   • Mörrum Parish
   • Ringamåla Parish
   • Åryd Parish
3. Lister Hundred
   • Elleholm Parish
   • Mörrum Parish

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Karlshamn Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms