:Simrishamn Municipality

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| subdivision_name1 = Skåne County

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| seat = Simrishamn

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Simrishamn Municipality ({{langx|sv|Simrishamns kommun}}) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Simrishamn.

The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nationwide municipal reforms carried out in Sweden during the second half of the 20th century. In 1969 a number of surrounding rural municipalities were merged with the City of Simrishamn. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type in 1971 and in 1974 more territory was added. The number of original entities (pre-1952) is twenty.

Geography

The landscape south and west of Simrishamn is mainly open and flat farmland. To the north of Simrishamn the landscape is broken up by small forests and gently sloping hills. The coastline directly south and north of Simrishamn is stony. Stenshuvud National Park is located by the shore, within the municipal borders. Simrishamn is located in the Österlen area.

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= Localities =

There are 13 urban areas (also called tätorter or localities) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Locality !! Population
1	Simrishamn	6546
2	Kivik	1013
3	Skillinge	1005
4	Gärsnäs	955
5	Borrby	947
6	Hammenhög	908
7	Sankt Olof	640
8	Brantevik	451
9	Östra Tommarp	279
10	Vik	264
11	Vitaby	255
12	Baskemölla	238
13	Simris	235

= Minor localities =

There are 14 minor localities (also called småorter) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Minor locality !! Population
14	Östra Vemmerlöv	194
15	Gröstorp	190
16	Järrestad	170
17	Gladsax	128
18	Ravlunda	111
19	Sandby	105
20	Vitemölla	100
21	Södra Mellby	92
22	Örnahusen	87
23	Gyllebo	69
24	Vallby	67
25	Skräddaröd	58
26	Östra Hoby	55
27	Raskarum + Ljunglyckorna*	54

* Counted together

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Simrishamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1291-simrishamn.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Simrishamn i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}

In total there were 19,250 residents, including 15,679 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 55.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" \|Location ! {{tooltip\|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status\|Residents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote\|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %\|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %\|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %\|Employed}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %\|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %\|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor\|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %\|Degree}}
! ! style="background:{{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! style="background:{{party color\|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! ! ! ! !
data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \|
align="left" \|Borrby \| 1,356 \| 1,102 \| 37.8 \| 60.7 \| 74 \| 84 \| 16 \| 21,800 \| 32
align="left" \|Gladsax \| 1,152 \| 964 \| 42.4 \| 55.8 \| 82 \| 91 \| 9 \| 25,764 \| 40
align="left" \|Gärsnäs \| 2,595 \| 2,075 \| 37.9 \| 61.0 \| 80 \| 88 \| 12 \| 23,170 \| 31
align="left" \|Hammenhög \| 1,599 \| 1,212 \| 37.3 \| 60.4 \| 80 \| 85 \| 15 \| 24,855 \| 29
align="left" \|Kivik \| 992 \| 867 \| 45.2 \| 53.5 \| 79 \| 89 \| 11 \| 23,935 \| 49
align="left" \|Rörum \| 683 \| 551 \| 51.0 \| 48.2 \| 83 \| 91 \| 9 \| 25,642 \| 57
align="left" \|S:t Olof \| 1,151 \| 881 \| 41.7 \| 56.5 \| 84 \| 87 \| 13 \| 22,367 \| 34
align="left" \|Simris \| 1,709 \| 1,398 \| 42.6 \| 56.5 \| 82 \| 87 \| 13 \| 25,250 \| 36
align="left" \|Simrishamn C \| 1,672 \| 1,412 \| 48.5 \| 50.0 \| 74 \| 73 \| 27 \| 19,960 \| 31
align="left" \|Simrishamn N \| 2,110 \| 1,742 \| 44.5 \| 54.3 \| 79 \| 84 \| 16 \| 22,799 \| 38
align="left" \|Simrishamn S \| 2,012 \| 1,531 \| 42.9 \| 53.9 \| 68 \| 74 \| 26 \| 19,605 \| 30
align="left" \|Skillinge \| 1,100 \| 978 \| 37.8 \| 61.3 \| 78 \| 92 \| 8 \| 23,596 \| 43
align="left" \|Vitaby \| 1,119 \| 966 \| 47.9 \| 50.8 \| 78 \| 89 \| 11 \| 23,103 \| 46
colspan="10" align="left" \|Source: SVT

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! rowspan="3" |Location

! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}

! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

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! data-sort-type="number" | %

! data-sort-type="number" |

align="left" |Borrby

| 1,356

| 1,102

| 37.8

| 60.7

| 74

| 84

| 16

| 21,800

| 32

align="left" |Gladsax

| 1,152

| 964

| 42.4

| 55.8

| 82

| 91

| 9

| 25,764

| 40

align="left" |Gärsnäs

| 2,595

| 2,075

| 37.9

| 61.0

| 80

| 88

| 12

| 23,170

| 31

align="left" |Hammenhög

| 1,599

| 1,212

| 37.3

| 60.4

| 80

| 85

| 15

| 24,855

| 29

align="left" |Kivik

| 992

| 867

| 45.2

| 53.5

| 79

| 89

| 11

| 23,935

| 49

align="left" |Rörum

| 683

| 551

| 51.0

| 48.2

| 83

| 91

| 9

| 25,642

| 57

align="left" |S:t Olof

| 1,151

| 881

| 41.7

| 56.5

| 84

| 87

| 13

| 22,367

| 34

align="left" |Simris

| 1,709

| 1,398

| 42.6

| 56.5

| 82

| 87

| 13

| 25,250

| 36

align="left" |Simrishamn C

| 1,672

| 1,412

| 48.5

| 50.0

| 74

| 73

| 27

| 19,960

| 31

align="left" |Simrishamn N

| 2,110

| 1,742

| 44.5

| 54.3

| 79

| 84

| 16

| 22,799

| 38

align="left" |Simrishamn S

| 2,012

| 1,531

| 42.9

| 53.9

| 68

| 74

| 26

| 19,605

| 30

align="left" |Skillinge

| 1,100

| 978

| 37.8

| 61.3

| 78

| 92

| 8

| 23,596

| 43

align="left" |Vitaby

| 1,119

| 966

| 47.9

| 50.8

| 78

| 89

| 11

| 23,103

| 46

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

Politics

The 2018 municipal election resulted in the following composition of the municipal council:{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/12/91/valda.html|title=Val till kommunfullmäktige i Simrishamn - Valda|language=sv|publisher=Valmyndigheten|date=2018-09-17}}

class="wikitable"
colspan=2 \| Party	Seats
bgcolor={{party color\|Moderate Party}} \| \| Moderate Party \| align=right \| 12
bgcolor={{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}} \| \| Social Democratic Party \| align=right \| 11
bgcolor={{party color\|Sweden Democrats}} \| \| Sweden Democrats \| align=right \| 8
bgcolor={{party color\|Centre Party (Sweden)}} \| \| Centre Party \| align=right \| 4
bgcolor={{party color\|Liberals (Sweden)}} \| \| Liberals \| align=right \| 3
bgcolor={{party color\|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}} \| \| Feminist Initiative \| align=right \| 3
bgcolor={{party color\|Green Party (Sweden)}} \| \| Green Party \| align=right \| 2
bgcolor={{party color\|Left Party (Sweden)}} \| \| Left Party \| align=right \| 2
bgcolor={{party color\|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}} \| \| Christian Democrats \| align=right \| 2
bgcolor=white \| \| Österlen Party \| align=right \| 2
colspan=2 \| Total	49

class="wikitable"

colspan=2 | Party

Seats

bgcolor={{party color|Moderate Party}} |

| Moderate Party

| align=right | 12

bgcolor={{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}} |

| Social Democratic Party

| align=right | 11

bgcolor={{party color|Sweden Democrats}} |

| Sweden Democrats

| align=right | 8

bgcolor={{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}} |

| Centre Party

| align=right | 4

bgcolor={{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}} |

| Liberals

| align=right | 3

bgcolor={{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}} |

| Feminist Initiative

| align=right | 3

bgcolor={{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}} |

| Green Party

| align=right | 2

bgcolor={{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}} |

| Left Party

| align=right | 2

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}} |

| Christian Democrats

| align=right | 2

bgcolor=white |

| Österlen Party

| align=right | 2

colspan=2 | Total

International relations

=Twin towns — Sister cities=

The municipality is twinned with:{{cite web |url=https://www.simrishamn.se/om-kommunen/vanorter|title=Simrishamns kommuns vänorter |accessdate=2019-08-07|language=sv| publisher=Simrishamn Municipality }}

{{flagicon|DEU}} Barth
{{flagicon|DEN}} Bornholm
{{flagicon|POL}} Kołobrzeg
{{flagicon|LIT}} Palanga

References

[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

[http://www.simrishamn.se/ Simrishamn] - Official site
[http://www.osterlen.se/ Österlen] - Official site
[http://www.vipaosterlen.se/ Österlen & Ystad] - Official site

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Simrishamn

| N = Kristianstad

| NE = Hanö Bay

| E = Baltic Sea

| SE = Baltic Sea
{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Bornholm

| SW = Ystad

| W = Tomelilla

}}

Category:Municipalities of Skåne County