Ronneby Municipality facts for kids
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Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby kommun
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Blekinge County | |
| Seat | Ronneby | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,247.86 km2 (481.80 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 829.8 km2 (320.4 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 418.06 km2 (161.41 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 28,339 | |
| • Density | 22.7101/km2 (58.8188/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 | |
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.
The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.
Localities
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
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.
In total there were 29,148 residents, including 21,933 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 | |||||||||
Parishes
Parishes ordered by hundreds:
- Bräkne Hundred
- Bräkne-Hoby Parish
- Öljehult Parish
- Medelstad Hundred
- Backaryd Parish
- Edestad Parish
- Eringsboda Parish
- Förkärla Parish
- Hjortsberga Parish
- Listerby Parish
- Ronneby Parish
International relations
Bornholm, Denmark
Mänttä, Finland
Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany- Schopfheim, Germany
Høyanger, Norway
Elbląg, Poland
Slavsk, Russia
Enfield, Connecticut, United States- Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
