Osby Municipality

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Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population
1	Osby	6,947
2	Lönsboda	1,899
3	Killeberg	575

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Osby 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-1273-osby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Osby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=11 January 2024}}

In total there were 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% 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" \|Loshult/Killeberg \| 1,305 \| 889 \| 37.5 \| 61.8 \| 83 \| 77 \| 23 \| 25,801 \| 34
align="left" \|Osby NV \| 2,198 \| 1,517 \| 40.6 \| 58.0 \| 75 \| 68 \| 32 \| 22,597 \| 31
align="left" \|Osby NÖ \| 1,814 \| 1,294 \| 34.9 \| 63.6 \| 78 \| 76 \| 24 \| 22,325 \| 29
align="left" \|Osby N \| 1,698 \| 1,383 \| 37.1 \| 61.9 \| 74 \| 77 \| 23 \| 21,577 \| 27
align="left" \|Osby SV \| 1,570 \| 1,238 \| 39.4 \| 59.9 \| 86 \| 82 \| 18 \| 25,310 \| 32
align="left" \|Osby S \| 1,767 \| 1,372 \| 35.7 \| 63.5 \| 86 \| 84 \| 16 \| 27,089 \| 35
align="left" \|Örkened \| 1,434 \| 1,107 \| 37.9 \| 61.5 \| 88 \| 91 \| 9 \| 25,385 \| 29
align="left" \|Örkened C \| 1,452 \| 1,088 \| 37.7 \| 61.5 \| 70 \| 75 \| 25 \| 19,499 \| 21
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}}

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align="left" |Loshult/Killeberg

| 1,305

| 889

| 37.5

| 61.8

| 83

| 77

| 23

| 25,801

| 34

align="left" |Osby NV

| 2,198

| 1,517

| 40.6

| 58.0

| 75

| 68

| 32

| 22,597

| 31

align="left" |Osby NÖ

| 1,814

| 1,294

| 34.9

| 63.6

| 78

| 76

| 24

| 22,325

| 29

align="left" |Osby N

| 1,698

| 1,383

| 37.1

| 61.9

| 74

| 77

| 23

| 21,577

| 27

align="left" |Osby SV

| 1,570

| 1,238

| 39.4

| 59.9

| 86

| 82

| 18

| 25,310

| 32

align="left" |Osby S

| 1,767

| 1,372

| 35.7

| 63.5

| 86

| 84

| 16

| 27,089

| 35

align="left" |Örkened

| 1,434

| 1,107

| 37.9

| 61.5

| 88

| 91

| 9

| 25,385

| 29

align="left" |Örkened C

| 1,452

| 1,088

| 37.7

| 61.5

| 70

| 75

| 25

| 19,499

| 21

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

Elections

=[[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]]=

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! Year

! Turnout

! Votes

! V

! S

! MP

! C

! L

! KD

! M

! SD

2014{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/12/73/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=16 April 2020}}

| 85.5

| 8,244

| 3.4

| 35.2

| 4.3

| 5.9

| 2.7

| 4.9

| 16.1

| 25.4

2018{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/12/73/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=16 April 2020}}

| 87.0

| 8,385

| 3.9

| 28.2

| 2.2

| 7.3

| 2.4

| 7.3

| 16.1

| 31.2

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:{{cite web |url=http://www.osby.se/web/Vanorter.aspx |title=vänorter - Osby Kommun |website=www.osby.se |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417060514/http://www.osby.se/web/Vanorter.aspx |archive-date=2009-04-17}}

{{flagicon|Denmark}} Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark

References

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

External links

[http://www.osby.se/ Osby] - Official site
[http://www.osby.info/ Osby.info] - local portal
[http://www.osby.nu/ Osby] - www.osby.nu
[http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/osby/ Osby parish]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Osby

| N = Älmhult (Kronoberg)

| E = Olofström (Blekinge)

| S = Östra Göinge, Kristianstad

| SW = Hässleholm

| NW = Markaryd (Kronoberg)

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Category:Municipalities of Skåne County