Kalmar Municipality

Kalmar Municipality

*Kalmar kommun*
Kalmar Municipality Kalmar kommun
Municipality
	Kalmar City Hall
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E / 56.667°N 16.367°E
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Kalmar
Area
• Total	1,250.96 km2 (483.00 sq mi)
• Land	956.9 km2 (369.5 sq mi)
• Water	294.06 km2 (113.54 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	72,304
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0880
Website	www.kalmar.se
	Density is calculated using land area only.

Kalmar Municipality (Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

Localities

There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2019. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Kalmar	41,110
2	Lindsdal	5,958
3	Smedby	3,658
4	Ljungbyholm	1,809
5	Rinkabyholm	1,659
6	Trekanten	1,608
7	Rockneby	960
8	Läckeby	943
9	Hagby	831
10	Påryd	685
11	Drag	550
12	Vassmolösa	534
13	Dunö	430
14	Tvärskog	394
15	Åmunnen [sv]	343
16	Halltorp	286

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kalmar 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 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.