Vimmerby Municipality (Vimmerby kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vimmerby.
Vimmerby Municipality
Vimmerby kommun | |
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 Vimmerby City Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°40′N 15°51′E / 57.667°N 15.850°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Seat | Vimmerby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,219.8 km2 (471.0 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,140.23 km2 (440.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 79.57 km2 (30.72 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 15,461 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0884 |
| Website | www.vimmerby.se |
Stångån is a small river running through the municipality.
The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Vimmerby was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type.
Localities edit
There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vimmerby 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 | Vimmerby | 7,827 |
| 2 | Södra Vi | 1,197 |
| 3 | Storebro | 977 |
| 4 | Gullringen | 560 |
| 5 | Frödinge | 364 |
| 6 | Tuna | 249 |
Demographics edit
This is a demographic table based on Vimmerby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 15,555 residents, including 12,022 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 52.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Djursdala | 406 | 315 | 33.3 | 65.0 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 24,225 | 31 |
| Frödinge | 991 | 799 | 44.5 | 53.9 | 86 | 97 | 3 | 25,859 | 30 |
| Gullringen | 749 | 597 | 43.6 | 54.5 | 86 | 88 | 12 | 24,094 | 23 |
| Locknevi | 461 | 360 | 36.6 | 60.9 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 21,999 | 29 |
| Rumskulla | 730 | 527 | 40.4 | 58.9 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 24,023 | 30 |
| Storebro | 1,172 | 894 | 42.5 | 56.3 | 80 | 82 | 18 | 22,205 | 24 |
| Stora Vi | 1,541 | 1,194 | 46.9 | 51.2 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 25,198 | 22 |
| Tuna | 673 | 531 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 22,987 | 26 |
| Vimmerby 1 | 1,772 | 1,483 | 45.7 | 52.9 | 84 | 87 | 13 | 25,550 | 29 |
| Vimmerby 2 | 1,922 | 1,325 | 54.6 | 42.7 | 70 | 63 | 37 | 20,657 | 26 |
| Vimmerby 3 | 1,886 | 1,449 | 45.5 | 53.6 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 25,702 | 35 |
| Vimmerby 4 | 1,640 | 1,272 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 78 | 71 | 29 | 23,538 | 25 |
| Vimmerby 5 | 1,612 | 1,276 | 46.8 | 52.3 | 92 | 92 | 8 | 29,600 | 32 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Sister cities edit
Sister cities are cities or towns related to one another in size and history.
- Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
- Moorhead, Minnesota, U.S.
- Skærbæk, Denmark
- Kauhava, Finland
- Þorlákshöfn, Iceland
- Rygge, Norway
- Joniškis, Lithuania
References edit
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Vimmerby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
External links edit
- Vimmerby Municipality - Official site