Karlshamn Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Blekinge County Blekinge County () is a county or '' län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden ...

in South Sweden in southern

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. It borders to

Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality () is the only landlocked municipality in Blekinge County, South Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Munici ...

Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborg Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat of the municipality. ...

Ronneby Municipality Ronneby Municipality () 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 ...

and

Tingsryd Municipality Tingsryd Municipality () is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat. The present municipality was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when the market town (''köpin ...

. The city of

Karlshamn Karlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality. Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles ...

is the seat of the municipality.

Administrative territory

1863 at the time of first municipal legislation in Sweden, the area was divided into the City of Karlshamn and five rural municipalities. 1881 a further subdivision was made by

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into Ringamåla. The administrative reform in 1952 reduced the number of municipalities surrounding the town to Hällaryd (Hällaryds plus Åryds municipalities), Asarum (reunition of Asarum and Ringamåla), Mörrum (municipalities Elleholm plus Mörrum). In 1/1 1967 the town of Karlshamn was united with Asarum, Hällaryd och Mörrum to form the present municipality when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type..

Localities

There are 6

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(also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn 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. In total, just above 32,000 people live in Karlshamn, which makes it the second largest municipality in Blekinge County.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlshamn Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 32,182 residents, including 24,986 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.4 % voted for the left coalition and 54.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Economy

The municipal tax is deducted as a percentage of individual citizens income. It is 21.89% 2009. The average personal income in the municipality was 158594 SEK year 2009. This is 96% of the national average
SCB
. The council also derives income from the municipal harbour, the energy services etc.

Parishes

Parishes ordered by

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and hundreds: #

#* Karlshamn Parish # Bräkne Hundred #* Asarum Parish #* Hällaryd Parish #* Mörrum Parish #* Ringamåla Parish #* Åryd Parish #

Lister Hundred Lister Hundred, or ''Listers härad'', was a Hundreds of Sweden, hundred of Blekinge in Sweden. Parishes

Parishes ordered by Municipalities of Sweden, municipality: #Karlshamn Municipality #*Elleholm Parish #*Mörrum Parish #Olofström Munic ...

#* Elleholm Parish #* Mörrum Parish

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Karlshamn Municipality
- Official site

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