Ronneby Municipality
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Ronneby Municipality
| Ronneby Municipality Ronneby kommun |
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| Country | Sweden | ||
| County | Blekinge County | ||
| Seat | Ronneby | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| – Total | 1,247.86 km2 (481.8 sq mi) | ||
| – Land | 829.8 km2 (320.4 sq mi) | ||
| – Water | 418.06 km2 (161.4 sq mi) | ||
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | |||
| Population (June 30, 2010)[2] | |||
| – Total | 28,339 | ||
| – Density | 22.7/km2 (58.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| – Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | SE | ||
| Province | Blekinge | ||
| Municipal code | 1081 | ||
| Website | www.ronneby.se | ||
Ronneby Municipality (Ronneby kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Ronneby is the seat of the municipality.
The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.
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Localities
There are 9 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, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Ronneby | 11,767 |
| 2 | Kallinge | 4,767 |
| 3 | Bräkne-Hoby | 1,769 |
| 4 | Johannishus | 773 |
| 5 | Listerby | 672 |
| 6 | Ronnebyhamn | 464 |
| 7 | Backaryd | 399 |
| 8 | Eringsboda | 340 |
| 9 | Hallabro | 252 |
Politics
The Ronneby Party is a party with local interests formed before the national election of 1994. In 1998 the party had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the vote share was reduced to 3.0%.
Parishes
Parishes ordered by hundreds:
- Bräkne Hundred
- Medelstad Hundred
- Backaryd Parish
- Edestad Parish
- Eringsboda Parish
- Förkärla Parish
- Hjortsberga Parish
- Listerby Parish
- Ronneby Parish
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
External links
- Ronneby Municipality - Official site
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