Ronneby Municipality

Ronneby Municipality Ronneby kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
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.

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
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:

1. Bräkne Hundred
   • Bräkne-Hoby Parish
   • Öljehult Parish
2. Medelstad Hundred
   • Backaryd Parish
   • Edestad Parish
   • Eringsboda Parish
   • Förkärla Parish
   • Hjortsberga Parish
   • Listerby Parish
   • Ronneby Parish

See also

• Swedish Air Force

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Ronneby Municipality - Official site

Coordinates: 56°12′N 15°17′E / 56.2°N 15.283°E / 56.2; 15.283