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Osby Municipality

Osby kommun
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Coat of arms of Osby Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Scania County
Seat Osby
Area
 • Total 601.9388 km2 (232.4099 sq mi)
 • Land 578.4788 km2 (223.3519 sq mi)
 • Water 23.46 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 12,655
 • Density 21.0237/km2 (54.4512/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Scania
Municipal code 1273
Website www.osby.se

Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Osby 6,947
2 Lönsboda 1,899
3 Killeberg 575

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Osby 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 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

Riksdag

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD
2014 85.5 8,244 3.4 35.2 4.3 5.9 2.7 4.9 16.1 25.4
2018 87.0 8,385 3.9 28.2 2.2 7.3 2.4 7.3 16.1 31.2

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:

  • Denmark Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark
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