Vimmerby Municipality
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| seat = Vimmerby
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Vimmerby Municipality (Vimmerby kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vimmerby.
Stångån is a small river running through the municipality.
The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Vimmerby was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type.
Localities
There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vimmerby 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.
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! # !! Locality !! Population | ||
1 | Vimmerby | 7,827 |
2 | Södra Vi | 1,197 |
3 | Storebro | 977 |
4 | Gullringen | 560 |
5 | Frödinge | 364 |
6 | Tuna | 249 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Vimmerby 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-0884-vimmerby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Vimmerby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=29 January 2024}}
In total there were 15,555 residents, including 12,022 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 52.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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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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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |
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align="left" |Djursdala
| 406 | 315 | 33.3 | 65.0 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 24,225 | 31 |
align="left" |Frödinge
| 991 | 799 | 44.5 | 53.9 | 86 | 97 | 3 | 25,859 | 30 |
align="left" |Gullringen
| 749 | 597 | 43.6 | 54.5 | 86 | 88 | 12 | 24,094 | 23 |
align="left" |Locknevi
| 461 | 360 | 36.6 | 60.9 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 21,999 | 29 |
align="left" |Rumskulla
| 730 | 527 | 40.4 | 58.9 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 24,023 | 30 |
align="left" |Storebro
| 1,172 | 894 | 42.5 | 56.3 | 80 | 82 | 18 | 22,205 | 24 |
align="left" |Stora Vi
| 1,541 | 1,194 | 46.9 | 51.2 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 25,198 | 22 |
align="left" |Tuna
| 673 | 531 | 47.7 | 50.8 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 22,987 | 26 |
align="left" |Vimmerby 1
| 1,772 | 1,483 | 45.7 | 52.9 | 84 | 87 | 13 | 25,550 | 29 |
align="left" |Vimmerby 2
| 1,922 | 1,325 | 54.6 | 42.7 | 70 | 63 | 37 | 20,657 | 26 |
align="left" |Vimmerby 3
| 1,886 | 1,449 | 45.5 | 53.6 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 25,702 | 35 |
align="left" |Vimmerby 4
| 1,640 | 1,272 | 48.6 | 48.6 | 78 | 71 | 29 | 23,538 | 25 |
align="left" |Vimmerby 5
| 1,612 | 1,276 | 46.8 | 52.3 | 92 | 92 | 8 | 29,600 | 32 |
colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT |
Sister cities
Sister cities are cities or towns related to one another in size and history.
- Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
- Moorhead, Minnesota, U.S.
- Skærbæk, Denmark
- Kauhava, Finland
- Þorlákshöfn, Iceland
- Rygge, Norway
- Joniškis, Lithuania
References
- [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.vimmerby.se/ Vimmerby Municipality] - Official site
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Vimmerby
| N = Kinda (Östergötland)
| E = Västervik
| SE = Oskarshamn
| S = Hultsfred
| NW = Ydre (Östergötland)
}}
{{Kalmar County}}
{{Localities in Vimmerby Municipality}}
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