Ronneby Municipality

Ronneby Municipality (Ronneby kommun) 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 of the municipality.

Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby kommun
Municipality
Ronneby Train Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°12′N 15°17′E
CountrySweden
CountyBlekinge County
SeatRonneby
Area
[1]
 • Total1,241.85 km2 (479.48 sq mi)
 • Land825.34 km2 (318.67 sq mi)
 • Water416.51 km2 (160.82 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total29,021
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceBlekinge
Municipal code1081
Websitewww.ronneby.se

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.

Localities

There are 8 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, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#LocalityPopulation
1Ronneby12,029
2Kallinge4,561
3Bräkne-Hoby1,689
4Johannishus748
5Listerby883
6Backaryd365
7Eringsboda299
8Hallabro254

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ronneby 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 29,148 residents, including 21,933 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 42.4 % voted for the left coalition and 56.0 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Parishes

Parishes ordered by hundreds:

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

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. "Valresultat 2022 för Ronneby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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