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Västervik Municipality

Västerviks kommun
Västervik Railway Station
Västervik Railway Station
Coat of arms of Västervik Municipality
Coat of arms
Västervik Municipality in Kalmar County.png
Country Sweden
County Kalmar County
Seat Västervik
Area
 • Total 3,605.95 km2 (1,392.27 sq mi)
 • Land 1,881.91 km2 (726.61 sq mi)
 • Water 1,724.04 km2 (665.66 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 36,338
 • Density 10.07723/km2 (26.0999/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

Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.

Localities

LA2-Tjust
The municipalities of Västervik and (partially) Valdemarsvik belong to the Tjust region with an extensive coastal archipelago.

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.

# Locality Population
1 Västervik 20,694
2 Gamleby 2,805
3 Ankarsrum 1,337
4 Överum 1,270
5 Gunnebo 989
6 Piperskärr 462
7 Loftahammar 432
8 Hjorted 338
9 Edsbruk 311
10 Totebo 256
11 Almvik 202

Demographics

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.

In total there were including 36,704 residents, including 29,293 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.3 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

See also

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