Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborgs kommun | |
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 Sölvesborg City Hall | |
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| Coordinates:56°03′N14°35′E / 56.050°N 14.583°E /56.050; 14.583 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Seat | Sölvesborg |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,106.4 km2 (427.2 sq mi) |
| • Land | 185.31 km2 (71.55 sq mi) |
| • Water | 921.09 km2 (355.63 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 17,430 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Blekinge |
| Municipal code | 1083 |
| Website | www.solvesborg.se |
Sölvesborg Municipality (Swedish:Sölvesborgs kommun) is amunicipality inBlekinge County inSouth Sweden in southernSweden. It borders toBromölla Municipality,Olofström Municipality andKarlshamn Municipality. The townSölvesborg is the seat of the municipality.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when theCity of Sölvesborg was amalgamated with the rural municipalitiesGammalstorp andMjällby.
TheSölvesborg Party was formed ahead of the 2002 election by a group of former Green Party members. Party councillors are Dan Boberg and Bo Sandquist.
In the 2002 elections the party got 4.7% of the votes (472 votes) and two seats in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige)
In the 2006 elections the party got 2.7% of the votes (277 votes) and one seat in the municipal assembly.
The municipality otherwise reflect the same political majorities as in its neighbouring municipalities ofBromölla,Olofström andKarlshamn.
In December 2018 Louise Erixon, partner ofJimmie Åkesson, the populist party's leader ofSweden Democrats, was made mayor of Sölvesborg.
There are 10urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sölvesborg 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 |
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| 1 | Sölvesborg | 7,883 |
| 2 | Mjällby | 1,272 |
| 3 | Hällevik | 776 |
| 3 | Hörvik | 776 |
| 5 | Norje | 674 |
| 6 | Nogersund | 532 |
| 7 | Pukavik | 283 |
| 8 | Lörby | 243 |
| 9 | Ysane | 212 |
| 10 | Valjeviken | 211 |
A minor part ofValje is also situated in the municipality. The main part of Valje is, however, inBromölla Municipality.
This is a demographic table based on Sölvesborg Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general election sourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 17,519 residents, including 13,897 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.6% 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 |
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| % | % | ||||||||
| Falkvik | 2,447 | 1,875 | 36.3 | 62.6 | 81 | 82 | 18 | 24,934 | 35 |
| Furulund | 2,403 | 1,961 | 44.9 | 53.7 | 73 | 77 | 23 | 20,533 | 35 |
| Gammalstorp | 1,232 | 952 | 25.3 | 73.7 | 85 | 87 | 13 | 25,622 | 28 |
| Hjortakroken | 1,496 | 1,109 | 43.8 | 55.7 | 75 | 77 | 23 | 23,729 | 30 |
| Hällevik | 1,578 | 1,308 | 28.7 | 69.6 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 25,731 | 39 |
| Hörvik | 1,210 | 988 | 25.9 | 72.9 | 86 | 94 | 6 | 26,862 | 33 |
| Mjällby | 1,935 | 1,504 | 31.6 | 67.4 | 76 | 83 | 17 | 22,303 | 25 |
| Möllebacken | 2,300 | 1,799 | 38.7 | 60.5 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 26,915 | 42 |
| Norje | 1,418 | 1,138 | 34.6 | 64.4 | 81 | 87 | 13 | 24,823 | 25 |
| Siretorp | 1,500 | 1,263 | 36.1 | 62.8 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 26,236 | 35 |
| Source:SVT[3] | |||||||||
All parishes belonged toLister Hundred:
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